Ottavio Bollea

Republic of Austria in 1920-1921. Upon his return to Italy he was transferred to the Ministry of War until June 1926, when he was assigned to the Central Artillery School

Major General on 17 August 1939); on that date he assumed command of the 7th Infantry Division "Lupi di Toscana" in Albania, until its repatriation in the following December.^[2][3][4]

operations against Greece, but in January 1941 his Division, hastily rushed to the front without adequate training and equipment, collapsed under Greek pressure and he was relieved of command and replaced by General Gustavo Reisoli on 10 February (amid the collapse of the division, Bollea was found by the Corps commander, General Camillo Mercalli, "in a state of nervous prostration… warming himself by a fire in a rear area Albania hamlet").^{[9][10][11][12][13]} He was then placed on definitive leave by order of the General Ugo Cavallero, Chief of the General Staff and commander-in-chief on the Greek theatre (Cavallero stated that Bollea, who had been sick during the events that had let to the collapse of the Division, "could still be usefully employed commanding a major unit… after a suitable rest period",^[14]