Quirino Armellini
Quirino Armellini | |
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 Armellini depicted as commander of the MVSN. | |
| Born | January 31, 1889 Legnaro, Province of Padua |
| Died | January 13, 1975 (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 | Italo-Turkish War World War I Second Italo-Ethiopian War World War II |
| Awards | Military Order of Savoy Order of Merit of the Italian Republic |
| Other work | Commander of the  Voluntary Militia for National Security (MVSN)Member of the Italian resistance movement |
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[]
Armellini was commissioned into the Royal Italian Army as a second lieutenant in 1908, after graduating from the Military Academy of Modena,[1] and participated in the Italo-Turkish War and the World War I.[2]
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).[3]
In 1942, during the World War II in Yugoslavia, Armellini was appointed commander of the in the Italian-occupied Dalmatia.[4]
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), the paramilitary wing of the National Fascist Party (PNF). Under his leadership, the MVSN was dissolved and integrated into the regular Royal Army.
From January to March 1944, when was arrested, Armellini assumed the role of head of the of the within the Italian resistance movement, later replaced by .
After the World War II, Armellini was president of the Superior Council of the Italian Armed Forces.[5]
See also[]
- List of senior officers of the Blackshirts
References[]
- ^ (in Italian) Gazzetta Ufficiale del Regno d’Italia n.37, 14 febbraio 1908, pag.760.
- ^ "Quirino Armellini (Dizionario Biografico)". Treccani.it (in Italian).
- ^ "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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- Italian military personnel of the Italo-Turkish War
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- Italian military personnel of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
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- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic