Giulio Cesare Tassoni

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Giulio Cesare Tassoni
Italian Governor of Tripolitana
In office
9 February – 15 July 1915
Preceded byLuigi Druetti
Succeeded byGiovanni Ameglio
Personal details
Born27 February 1859
Montecchio Emilia
DiedOctober 10, 1942(1942-10-10) (aged 83)
Rome
Political partyNational Fascist Party
Occupationgeneral, politician
Military service
RankGeneral officer
Battles/warsItalo-Turkish War
World War I
World War II

Giulio Cesare Tassoni (27 February 1859 – 10 October 1942) was an Italian general and politician. He was the governor of Tripolitania for a few months in 1915, and was a member of the 30th Senate of the Kingdom of Italy.

During

7th army at battle of Vittorio Veneto in 1918.[2][3]

Biography

Giulio Cesare Tassoni was born into a noble family, his father was Francesco Tassoni and mother Diomira Palmieri. The family was from Montecchio Emilia, a town in the province of Reggio Emilia, which at the time of his birth was still subject to the government of the Duchy of Modena and Reggio.

Dedicated to a military career from an early age, Tassoni became a teacher for military history shortly after graduation in 1875. In 1902, he was promoted to colonel, and obtained command of the 4th Bersaglieri Regiment. In 1909 he was promoted to the rank of major general, took command of the "Umbria" Brigade and later the very prestigious "Granatieri di Sardegna" Brigade.

Tassoni took part in the

Order of Merit of Savoy. In 1913 he was given the command of the 4th Special Division "Derna" in Libya, where he directed the operations that led to the Italian occupation of Cyrenaica Plateau. He got promoted to lieutenant general
for his contribution in battle.

After having commanded the Milan division for a short time, he returned to Cyrenaica at the beginning of 1915 and served as governor of Tripolitania, remaining there for a while before returning to Italy after the Italian entry to the First World War. During the war he commanded the Bersaglieri division and later the IV Corp, the Carnia troops, the 5th provisional division and the 7th Army, earning a silver medal and the cross of Grand Officer of the Military Order of Savoy.

In 1919 he was appointed into the

Victor Emmanuel III conferred on him the title of Count Motu Proprio in 1926. He died in Rome
on October 10, 1942.

Notes

  1. ^ "VI Battaglia dell'Isonzo". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
  2. ISBN 88-425-2830-7
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  3. ^ "L'ESERCITO ITALIANO NEL 1918". Retrieved 3 November 2015.


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