Paolo Berardi
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| Commands held | 20th Artillery Regiment 2nd Alpine Group 11th Infantry Division Brennero 12th Infantry Division Sassari XXI Corps Chief of Staff of the Army Military Command of Sicily |
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Paolo Berardi (21 June 1885 – 13 December 1953) was an Italian general who served in the
Italian Co-Belligerent Army
from November 1943 to February 1945.
Biography
A career officer, in 1912 he participated in the
First World War as an artillery captain and was awarded another Bronze Medal of Military Valour and two War Crosses. In 1926 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and in 1932 to colonel, in command of the 20th Artillery Regiment. He was appointed brigadier general in 1937.[1][2]
At the outbreak of
Silver Medal of Military Valour. He was wounded and captured by the British on 12 May 1943, being then sent to England as a prisoner of war.[3][4]
After the
Badoglio Government. On 18 November 1943 Marshal Pietro Badoglio appointed him Chief of Staff of what remained of the Royal Italian Army, now fighting alongside the Allies; he tried to involve as many Italian units as possible in the war against Nazi Germany and the Italian Social Republic, with the establishment of the Italian Co-belligerent Army and the Italian Liberation Corps. He remained in that position until 10 February 1945, when he was appointed military commander of Sicily with headquarters in Palermo, a post he held until 1946. He retired from the Army in 1948.[5][6][4]
His memoirs (Memorie di un capo di stato maggiore dell'esercito: 1943-1945) were published posthumously in 1954.
References
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- ^ "Biography of Lieutenant-General Paolo Berardi (1885 – 1953), Italy". Generals.dk. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
- ^ a b Lorem ipsum (1943-11-18). "BERARDI, Paolo in "Dizionario Biografico"". Treccani.it. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
- ^ "I Capi di SME - Esercito Italiano". Esercito.difesa.it. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
- ^ "la Magna Capitana | Biblioteca provinciale di Foggia" (in Italian). Opac.bibliotecaprovinciale.foggia.it. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
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