Enrico Francisci

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Enrico Francisci
Major General
Commands held62nd Blackshirt Legion "Isonzo"
90th Blackshirt Legion "Pisa"
135th Blackshirt Legion "Indomita"
"23 Marzo" Blackshirt Group
Raggruppamento CC. NN. "23 Marzo"
Battles/wars
Awards
  • Gold Medal of Military Valour
    (posthumous)
  • Silver Medal of Military Valour
    (twice)
  • Bronze Medal of Military Valour
    (three times)
  • War Cross for Military Valor
    (three times)
  • War Merit Cross

Enrico Francisci (1884 – 11 July 1943) was an Italian

Blackshirt general during World War II
.

Biography

Born in Montemurlo in 1884, Francisci pursued a military career in the

War Crosses for Military Valor and a War Merit Cross. By the end of the war he had reached the rank of major.[1][2][3]

After promotion to lieutenant colonel he was attached to the Governorate of Libya; he joined Fascism in 1920 and after the march on Rome he passed from the Royal Army to the Voluntary Militia for National Security with the rank of console (colonel), holding command of the 62nd Blackshirt Legion "Isonzo" in Gorizia and then of the 90th Legion in Pisa.[1][2]

During the

1st Blackshirt Division 23 Marzo, and was awarded another Silver Medal for Military Valor for his role in the battle of Amba Aradam.[2][3]

After promotion to console generale (brigadier general), he participated in the Spanish Civil War in the ranks of the Corpo Truppe Volontarie, commanding the "23 Marzo" Blackshirt Group, and in September 1937 he fought in the Battle of Santander and was promoted to luogotenente generale (major general) for war merits.[4][3][2][5][6][7]

He left active service in 1939, due to age limits, but returned to the MVSN after the outbreak of the

Don River, and in November Francisci was wounded and repatriated. He was then appointed Inspector General of the MVSN of the Armed Forces Command of Sicily.[8][2]

On 10 July 1943, after

Gold Medal of Military Valour, and is buried in Enna.[9][10][11][2][12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Enrico Francisci". Spazioinwind.libero.it. Archived from the original on 2021-08-28. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Notiziario: Sulle spiagge di Licata muore il generale Enrico Francisci – Associazione Nazionale Combattenti e Reduci". www.combattentiereduci.it. Archived from the original on 2021-08-28. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  3. ^ a b c Ancfargl (13 August 2016). "FRANCISCI Enrico – Associazione Nazionale Combattenti FF.AA. Regolari Guerra di Liberazione". Combattentiliberazione.it. Archived from the original on 2021-08-28. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  4. ISBN 9788899158675. Archived
    from the original on 2022-02-26. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  5. ISBN 9781400867905. Archived
    from the original on 2022-02-26. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  6. ISBN 9781612006383. Archived
    from the original on 2022-02-26. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  7. ISBN 9781000378078. Archived
    from the original on 2022-02-26. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  8. ^ "Regio Esercito – MVSN – Campagna di Russia 1941–1943". Regioesercito.it. Archived from the original on 2021-08-28. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  9. ^ Emilio Faldella, Lo sbarco e la difesa della Sicilia, pp. 137–148
  10. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-08-28. Retrieved 2021-08-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2021-08-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ "14 Jul 1943 – GERMANS HANGING BACK. – Trove". Trove.nla.gov.au. 1943-07-14. Archived from the original on 2021-08-28. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
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