Giuseppe Daodice
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Born | Second Italo-Abyssinian War;World War II | April 16, 1882
Giuseppe Daodice (16 April 1882 – 4 December 1952) was an Italian general. He was the 6th Italian governor of Addis Ababa and 3rd Italian governor of Scioa (1940–1941). He was a knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus.
Biography
Giuseppe Daodice when was twelve years old went to a catholic seminary in
After the war, Daodice remained hostile to the Fascism becoming "military attaché" in 1926 in Lisbon and later in Budapest from 1928 to 1931. In 1934 he was promoted to colonel, fighting the Ethiopian War (First Battle of Tembien, Battle of Step Uarieu and Battle of Mai Ceu) as adjutant first to Badoglio and then to Rodolfo Graziani. During the war Daodice was the author of numerous deportations to concentration camps of members of the local population. With his successful victories, Daodice was awarded the Order of the Supreme Santissima Annunziata.[1]
Daodice was governor of
In his governorship to Addis Ababa/Scioa Governorate (June 2, 1940) Daodice built numerous infrastructure to improve the social status; the charge was transferred to Agenore Frangipani in 1941. Daodice returned to Italy just before the British conquest of Ethiopia's capital, where he was promoted to major general and was member of the Italian Parliament, retiring to private life and taking part in a few sessions in two years as "deputy".
Daodice voted against Benito Mussolini after July 25, 1943, and as a consequence from Frosinone, where he then lived, was forced to flee to Caserta and from there to Brindisi, with the King Victor Emmanuel III and Badoglio in September 1943.
After the war he was tried as fascist and for possible crimes perpetrated in Ethiopia: he was sentenced to fifteen years of
Awards
Giuseppe Daodice was named Knight receiving five military & civilian awards: Ordine supremo della Santissima Annunziata, Ordine di Vittorio Veneto, Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro, Ordine militare di Savoia and Ordine della Corona d'Italia.
See also
- Second Italo-Ethiopian War
- East African Campaign (World War II)
- Eritrea Governorate
- Scioa Governorate
Notes
- ^ "Biography of Giuseppe Daodice (in Italian)". Archived from the original on 2015-04-09. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
Bibliography
- Goffredo Orlandi Contucci, A.O.I.- AFRICA ORIENTALE ITALIANA - La conquista dell'Impero nel ricordo del tenente Goffredo Orlandi Contucci - Edizioni MyLife, Monte Colombo/Coriano, 2009 ISBN 978-88-6285-100-8