Posted 05 February 2009 - 10:47 PM by Andreas
I have a post here on the fate of the German generals during the winter battle 1941/42.
The Crusader Project
The only Italian general I am certain about is de Giorgis, who became POW when he surrendered Sollum/Halfaya (Italian-bashing aside: in a wartime publication on CRUSADER, the author claims the determined resistance at Sollum/Halfaya was because the all the Axis forces in the sector were commanded by Major Bach).
I know General Piassoni, CO 10th Corps was injured in an accident on 21 December (broken ankle) and was replaced by General Assi.
Does anyone know if there were further casualties on the side of the Italian generals?
Many thanks in advance.
All the best
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Posted 06 February 2009 - 11:28 AM by FB
If memory serves me a little bit still, I'd say that the two mentioned generals were Piazzoni and Azzi.
I don't know about their fate, though.
Best regards
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Posted 07 February 2009 - 08:52 PM by Andreas
It's the German transliteration, I guess in the 40s "zz" was changed to "ss".
Thanks for pointing that out!
All the best
Andreas
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Posted 09 February 2009 - 03:47 PM by FB
You are welcome, Andreas. And sorrry if I was nitpicking with your post, but I thought it would have been better to have the names written down correctly so that others can hopefully come to you with the desired infos.
Best regards
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I have a post here on the fate of the German generals during the winter battle 1941/42.
The Crusader Project
The only Italian general I am certain about is de Giorgis, who became POW when he surrendered Sollum/Halfaya (Italian-bashing aside: in a wartime publication on CRUSADER, the author claims the determined resistance at Sollum/Halfaya was because the all the Axis forces in the sector were commanded by Major Bach).
I know General Piassoni, CO 10th Corps was injured in an accident on 21 December (broken ankle) and was replaced by General Assi.
Does anyone know if there were further casualties on the side of the Italian generals?
Many thanks in advance.
All the best
_
Posted 06 February 2009 - 11:28 AM by FB
If memory serves me a little bit still, I'd say that the two mentioned generals were Piazzoni and Azzi.
I don't know about their fate, though.
Best regards
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Posted 07 February 2009 - 08:52 PM by Andreas
It's the German transliteration, I guess in the 40s "zz" was changed to "ss".
Thanks for pointing that out!
All the best
Andreas
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Posted 09 February 2009 - 03:47 PM by FB
You are welcome, Andreas. And sorrry if I was nitpicking with your post, but I thought it would have been better to have the names written down correctly so that others can hopefully come to you with the desired infos.
Best regards
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