Name Alfredo Guzzoni | ||
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Battles/wars World War ISecond Italo-Abyssinian WarInvasion of AlbaniaWorld War II Similar People Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin, Albert Kesselring, Hans‑Valentin Hube, Harold Alexander - 1st Earl A, George S Patton | ||
Alfredo Guzzoni (12 April 1877 – 15 April 1965) was an Italian military officer who served in both World War I and World War II.
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Early life
Guzzoni was a native of Mantua, Italy.
Italian Army
Guzzoni joined the Italian Royal Army (Regio Esercito Italiano ) and fought in World War I.
After the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, Guzzoni was appointed Governor of Eritrea. He served as governor from May 1936 until April 1937.
In 1939, Guzzoni had a prominent role in the Italian invasion of Albania and was Commander-in-Chief there in 1940.
In June 1940, after Italy entered World War II, Guzzoni commanded the Italian 4th Army during the invasion of France.
On 29 November 1940, Guzzoni succeeded Ubaldo Soddu as Under-Secretary of War and Deputy Chief of the Supreme General Staff.
In 1943, Guzzoni was General Officer Commanding the 6th Army on Sicily and commander of the Axis troops on Sicily during the Allied invasion of the island.
National Republican Army
Guzzoni completed the war as Commander-in-Chief of Army Group Liguria of the National Republican Army (Esercito Nazionale Repubblicano, or ENR). This was the army of the Italian Social Republic (Repubblica Sociale Italiana, or RSI). Formation of the ENR started in 1943 after Italy quit the war and once Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was rescued by the Germans. The RSI army was disbanded in 1945. Army Group Liguria included several German units and its Italian units were sometimes transferred to German formations.