Vittorio Giovanelli
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Vittorio Giovanelli (Turin, 16 September 1882 – Rome, 14 June 1966) was an Italian general during World War II.
Biography
Born in
After the war, from 23 February 1919 he was assigned to the artillery directorate of Turin as deputy director, and from 7 March 1920 he was transferred to the General Staff and entrusted the intelligence office of the territorial military division command of Novara. After promotion to lieutenant colonel he was transferred to the 11th Field Artillery Regiment in Alessandria, and from the following 1 November he was assigned to the Royal Academy of Turin, as a teacher of military art and use of artillery. He was promoted to colonel on 18 March 1931 and given command of the 25th Field Artillery Regiment of Nola, before becoming head of office of the artillery command of the X Army Corps of Naples. From 1 September 1935 he became commander of the Nunziatella Military School, and on 31 October 1937 he was promoted to brigadier general and appointed Inspector of the military chemical service at the ministry in Rome.[2]
On 1 January 1940 he was promoted to
On 16 September 1942, having reached age 60, he left command of the division and returned to Italy, where he was briefly placed at the disposal of the Ministry of War until November 1, when he was transferred to the Army reserve. He was promoted to lieutenant general on May 17, 1952, and placed on absolute leave on September 16, 1955. He died in Rome on June 14, 1966, at the age of 83.[2]
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