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Pietro Badoglio: Quick Facts

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Born September 28, 1871 • Italy
Died November 1, 1956 (aged 85) • Italy
Title / Office prime minister (1943-1944), Italy • viceroy (1936), Ethiopia • governor (1928-1934), Libya
Role In Battle of Caporetto • Italo-Ethiopian War • Italo-Turkish War • World War I • World War II

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Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Italian dictator
Diaz, Armando
Armando Diaz
Italian general
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Rodolfo Graziani, marquess di Neghelli
Italian military officer
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman
president of United States
George S. Patton
George Patton
American military officer
Philippe Petain in military uniform and decorated cap, facing the camera with a neutral expression and a large mustache.
Philippe Pétain
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Walton H. Walker
American military officer
Dietrich, Sepp
Josef Dietrich
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William Hood Simpson
United States general
John Harding, Baron Harding of Petherton
John Harding, Baron Harding of Petherton
British military officer
Władysław Sikorski
Władysław Sikorski
Polish statesman
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Claude Auchinleck
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Frank Berryman
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Dill
Sir John Greer Dill
British field marshal
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Paul Hausser
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William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside
British field marshal
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Cadorna, Luigi
Luigi Cadorna
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Winston Churchill
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Giulio Douhet
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