Birth name Carlo De Simone Name Carlo Simone Rank Lieutenant-General | Allegiance Kingdom of Italy | |
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Commands held Commanding Officer, 3rd Bersaglieri Regiment
Commandant of Harrar, Italian East Africa - 1936
Commanding Officer, 2nd Armored Brigade - 1937 to 1939
General Officer Commanding, 132nd Armored Division Ariete - 1939
General Officer Commanding, Somaliland Army, East Africa - 1940 to 1941
Prisoner of war - 1941 to 1944
General Officer Commanding, VII Territorial Defence Command - 1945
Prefect of Bologna - 1950 | ||
Service/branch Royal Italian Army | ||
Carlo De Simone (1885–1951) was an officer in the Italian Army during World War II.
During most of the East African Campaign, Lieutenant-General De Simone commanded Italian forces in southern Italian Somaliland. However, during the Italian invasion of British Somaliland, De Simone commanded General Guglielmo Nasi's main "center" column. De Simone's command in Italian Somaliland included the reinforced Harar Division (XIII Colonial Brigade, XIV Colonial Brigade, and XV Colonial Brigade - amounting to eleven infantry battalions, fourteen batteries of artillery, a company of medium tanks (12 tanks), a squadron of light tanks (4 light tanks), and an armored car company (12 armored cars). Whilst in command of these forces, De Simone won the Battle of Tug Argan, where his center column overcame a smaller British army and forced them to evacuate.