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Italian military officer
General Quirino Armellini | |
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Armellini depicted as commander of the MVSN. | |
Born | (1889-01-31)January 31, 1889 Legnaro, Province of Padua |
Died | January 13, 1975(1975-01-13) (aged 85) Rome |
Allegiance | Kingdom of Italy Italy |
Service | Royal Italian Army Italian Army |
Years of service | 1908–1952 |
Rank | Army corps general |
Battles / wars | Second Italo-Ethiopian War World War II |
Awards | Military Order of Savoy Order of Merit of the Italian Republic |
Quirino Armellini (31 January 1889 in Legnaro – 13 January 1975 in Rome) was an Italian military officer, who served as a general in both the Royal Italian Army and the Italian Army.
Biography
After serving under the command of Pietro Badoglio in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War against the Ethiopian Empire, Armellini was appointed commander of the Italian African Police (PAI) in the Italian East Africa (AOI).
In 1942, during the World War II in Yugoslavia, Armellini was appointed commander of the XVIII Army Corps in the Italian-occupied Dalmatia.
After the fall of the Fascist regime in Italy on 25 July 1943, King Victor Emmanuel III appointed Armellini to succeed Benito Mussolini as commander of the Voluntary Militia for National Security (MVSN), which was dissolved and integrated into the regular Royal Italian Army under his leadership.
From January to March 1944, when Giuseppe Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo was arrested, Armellini assumed the role of head of the Fronte militare clandestino [it] of the Resistenza romana [it] within the Italian resistance movement, later replaced by Roberto Bencivenga [it].
After the World War II, Armellini was president of the Superior Council of the Italian Armed Forces.
References
- "Quirino Armellini". Google.books (in Italian).
- Talpo, Oddone (1990). Ufficio Storico Stato Maggiore dell’Esercito (ed.). Dalmazia Una cronaca per la storia 1942 (in Italian). p. 1428.
- "Quirino Armellini nell'Enciclopedia Treccani". Treccani.it (in Italian).
External links
- http://www.generals.dk/ (ed.). "Quirino Armellini". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
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- 1889 births
- 1975 deaths
- People from the Province of Padua
- People of former Italian colonies
- Italian generals
- Italian soldiers
- Italian military personnel of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
- Italian military personnel of World War II
- Italian resistance members
- Knights of the Military Order of Savoy
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic