Marshal of Italy, Italian Royal Army General. He joined the Armed Forces in December 1901 as a volunteer, continuing his career as a non-commissioned officer until 1910 when, after having attended the Special Course for Petty Officers in Modena, he was promoted to lieutenant in the Infantry. Sent to Libya, he participates in the Sciara Zanja combat near Tripoli where his regiment obtains a Gold Medal for Military Valor and subsequently earns a decoration for Valor, but in September 1912 he must return to Italy for health reasons. In 1913 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant and was assigned to the 3rd Battalion of the 84th Infantry stationed in Libya. On November 17, 1915, he was promoted to the rank of Captain. He was definitively repatriated at the end of 1916 and therefore destined for the front in the ranks of the 57th Infantry, in the context of which in the following August he temporarily took command of a battalion and at the helm of which he earned a second decoration for Valor. Distinguished again in combat, in 1917 he earned a third decoration at Valor. Wounded in combat, during his convalescence he is promoted to the rank of Major. Passed from January 16, 1918 in the 6th, then 9th, Assault Department of the 18th Division, in the following May he earned a fourth decoration at the Valor in Grazigna and in the battle of the Solstice - employed in the Col Moschin area - he obtained the Cross of the Military Order of Savoy (fifth decoration). Passed with his battalion of "Fiamme Nere" (Arditi) in the area of Monte Asolone, on 24 June 1918 he earned a sixth decoration at Valore by being wounded in the left thigh by a hand grenade. Returning to service at the beginning of 1919 at the 9th Assault Department, in Risano (UD), he passed into force at the Padua Depot and in May he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel for "war merit". Engaged in operations in Albania, he earns a seventh Valor decoration. In April 1923, having left the posts of member at the Test Commission and Judge of the Court, which he had in the meantime hired, he became effective adjutant to King Vittorio Emanuele III. Appointed at the end of the prescribed four-year period Honorary Adjutant to the King, in 1927, assigned to the 9th Bersaglieri and promoted to the rank of Colonel, he became its Commander. After 8 years, he left the command of the regiment from September 16, 1935, and was in charge of the Command of the 3rd Rapid Brigade of Verona, of which he became Commander, upon promotion to Brigadier General. He was subsequently appointed Deputy Commander of the D.F. "Cosseria", in whose ranks he participates in the final operations of the Campaign in East Africa against Ethiopia. Returning to Italy from Massawa on 28 September 1936, on 1 November of the same year he was appointed officer of the Inspectorate of the Rapid Troops and therefore Commander of the 3rd Rapid Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta" of Verona with the rank of General of Division. In 1939 he was appointed Deputy Commander of the Expeditionary Corps in Albania, and in this capacity he participated in the operations for the conquest of that country, earning for his value the Officer Cross of the Military Order of Savoy (eighth decoration). After leaving the command of the 3 ^ Celere, he is again sent to Albania, where he is appointed Commander of the C.A. Special. He is particularly distinguished in this capacity in the operational cycle on the Albanian front of December 1940-April 1941, earning the promotion to Army Corps General for "war merit". On 14 July 1941 he was appointed Commander of the Italian Expeditionary Force in Russia (CSIR) ex C.A. Quick, and the next day he left with the entire contingent for Russia. He participates in this capacity in the operations of 1941-1942 in Ukraine, fighting victoriously from the Dnieper river to the Don and earning the Commander's Cross of the Military Order of Savoy (ninth decoration) and two German Valor decorations (tenth and eleventh decorations) and 10 July 1942, as part of the strengthening of the Italian contingent in Russia, he assumes command of the 35th C.A. (formerly CSIR), framed in the ARMIR (Italian Army in Russia). Leaving the command of the 35th C.A. at the end of 1942 he was promoted to Army General for "war merits" - and on December 17 of the same year he received another Germanic decoration (twelfth decoration). In February 1943 he left for Tunis where he took command of the 1st Army mobilized in Tunisia. In this capacity he participates in the operations in that front distinguishing himself for valor and expertise, among other things earning the Cross of Grand Officer of the Military Order of Savoy (thirteenth decoration) and on May 12 of the same year he receives the promotion to Marshal of Italy for "war merit". Taken prisoner on May 13, 1943 after the surrender of the 1st Army, he was later repatriated and appointed Head of SM General, a position he held until May 1, 1945, while on February 1.