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Giovanni Messe (10 December 1883 – 18 December 1968) was an Italian field marshal and politician. In the Second World War, he was captured in Tunisia but made chief of staff of the Italian Co-belligerent Army after the armistice of September 1943. Later, he was an elected representative in the Italian Senate. He is considered by many to have ...
Giovanni Messe war ein italienischer Offizier, zuletzt Marschall von Italien. Von 1953 bis 1968 war Messe in der Politik aktiv und saß zunächst im Senat und später in der Abgeordnetenkammer.
Aug 5, 2010 · Giovanni Messe was a career soldier who earned the rank of Marshal of Italy during World War II. He was a distinguished and highly decorated soldier, who served in the conquest of Libya, WWI, the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, and WWII.
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Giovanni Messe. He was born on 10 th December 1883 in Mesagne (BR). He joined the Army in December 1901 as a volunteer and continued the career as First Lieutenant until 1910; since then he attended the Special Course for Non-Commissioned Officer Students in Modena and was promoted First Lieutenant of the Infantry Army.
Giovanni Messe was born near Brindisi. A veteran of WW1, in the next great war he led Italian troops in Ethiopia, Albania, and Greece. From 17 Jul 1941 to 9 Jul 1942, he led a corps of Italian soldiers ( Corpo di Spedizione Italiano in Rùssia) in the Eastern Front.
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The Battle of the Mareth Line or the Battle of Mareth was an attack in the Second World War by the British Eighth Army (led by General Bernard Montgomery) in Tunisia, against the Mareth Line held by the Italo-German 1st Army (led by General Giovanni Messe).
