Luigi Reverberi

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Luigi Reverberi
Lieutenant General
Commands held67th Infantry Regiment
2nd Alpine Division "Tridentina"
Battles/wars
Awards

Luigi Reverberi (Cavriago, 12 September 1892 – Milan, 22 June 1954) was an Italian general during World War II.

Biography

Reverberi attended the

War Crosses for Military Valor and the Military Order of Savoy.[1][2][3][4][5]

After the war he served in the II Alpine Brigade and in 1926 he became lieutenant colonel; in 1935 he was promoted to colonel and given command of the 67th Infantry Regiment. In 1939 he was Chief of Staff of the Truckborne Army Corps (Corpo d'Armata Autotrasportabile), and in July of the same year he was promoted to brigadier general. In 1941 he was assigned to the command of the XXVI Army Corps in Albania.[1][2][3][4][5]

In 1942 he was given command of the

Gold Medal of Military Valour.[1][2][3][4][5]

After his return to Italy, Reverberi was captured by German troops in

POW camp in Posen. By declaring that he wanted to join the Italian Social Republic, he obtained to be released and sent to Vittel, France, for training; once there, however, he soon made contact with the French Resistance. When the Germans found out, he was sent to a punishment camp in Wietzendorf and then back to Posen, where he was briefly held by the Soviets following the arrival of the Red Army.[1][2][3][4][5]

In September 1945 he was finally allowed to return to Italy, and in 1947 he was promoted to

Fascist regime and forced to retire.[1][2][3][4][5]

After leaving the Army, Reverberi became managing director of a soap and cosmetics company, and a leading figure of the

Italian campaign in Russia
.

He died on 22 June 1954, following a

heart attack, in his home in Milan, and was buried in his family tomb in Montecchio Emilia.[1][2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Chi era Costui - Scheda di Luigi Reverberi". www.chieracostui.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Generale Luigi Reverberi | Cavriago". December 1, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Luigi Reverberi raccontato dal figlio".
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Reverberi Luigi". www.frontedolomitico.it.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Generale Luigi Reverberi". www.montesuello.it.