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title: GENERAL GIOVANNI MESSE

subject date: 2008-10-29

caption: General Giovanni MESSE (1883-1968) Gen. Messe participated as an officer in the Libyan War of 1912, the First World War, and the operations in Albania in 1920. He was aide-de-camp to King Victor Emmanuel III. He led the Cosseria Division in East Africa and in the Ethiopian War, becoming a Lieutenant General in 1939. In July 1941, Messe obtained command of the CSIR (Italian Expeditionary Force in Russia), with which he began the advance alongside the Germans between the Dnieper and Don Rivers. In July 1942, the CSIR was incorporated into the ARMIR (Italian Army in Russia); Messe retained command of his troops until November 1942, when differences of opinion with the army commander, General Italo Gariboldi, led him to request repatriation. This was May 1943.

category: HIS

copyright: © Fototeca Gilardi

copyright status: Copyrighted Work

country: Italia

credit: Fototeca Gilardi

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Creation date: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

object name: 61697

priority: 0

multiplying price: 1.00

pricing: default

continent: Europa

image century : XX

image epoch: Seconda guerra mondiale

licence: RM

subject century: XX

subject epoch: Seconda guerra mondiale

technique: Fotoincisione

id: 23375

file name: FSNgilardi_61627.jpg

keywords

WWIIGeneral Messe G.RussiaItalyKingdom of ItalyCSIRARMIRWorld War IIUSSR