Highest command echelon of the Italian armed forces during World War II
High Command
Comando Supremo
Active
June 1941 – 31 May 1945
Country
Kingdom of Italy
Type
High command
Role
Nominally oversaw:
Army High Command
Naval High Command
Air Force High Command
Part of
Armed forces
Headquarters
Rome
Engagements
World War II in the Mediterranean and Middle East
World War II in Europe
Commanders
Chief of the Comando Supremo
Ugo Cavallero Vittorio Ambrosio Giovanni Messe Claudio Trezzani
Military unit
Comando Supremo (High Command) was the highest command echelon of the Italian Armed Forces between June 1941 and May 1945. Its predecessor, the Stato Maggiore Generale (Supreme General Staff), was a purely advisory body with no direct control of the several branches of the armed forces and with very little staff. Created amidst the exigencies of World War II, Comando Supremo was a large organization with several departments and operational command of the armed forces on the active fronts. At the end of the war, it was reduced to a purely advisory role again.
ComandoSupremo (High Command) was the highest command echelon of the Italian Armed Forces between June 1941 and May 1945. Its predecessor, the Stato...
temuto dagli eserciti avversari" (in Italian). 31 July 2018. Circolare ComandoSupremo n. 6230 del 14 marzo 1917, da CS (UAVS) a C. d'Armata e Zona Gorizia...
Pignato, p. 32. Jim H. (2018-12-17). "Fucile Mitragliatore Breda 30". ComandoSupremo. Retrieved 2021-11-25. "Fucile Mitragliatore Modello 30". Quartermaster...
Mussolini requested help from his German allies, while the Italian ComandoSupremo ("high command") speedily sent several large motorized and armoured...
Retrieved 2024-01-15. H, Jim (2003-08-08). "Italian Piaggio P.108 Heavy Bomber". ComandoSupremo. Retrieved 2024-01-15. Gunship List of aircraft artillery...
died in 1955. ComandoSupremo I comandanti della campagna d'Etiopia ComandoSupremo I comandanti della campagna d'Etiopia ComandoSupremo Istituto Nastro...
January 2014. Accessed 25 March 2015. "Gian Galeazzo Ciano – ComandoSupremo." ComandoSupremo. 14 February 2010. Accessed 25 March 2015. Smyth, Howard McGaw;...
2022-01-05. Retrieved 2022-02-27. "Italian WW2 Aircraft Archives". ComandoSupremo. Archived from the original on 2021-11-07. Retrieved 2022-02-27. "Italian...
Retrieved 2021-11-10. JDG (2010-03-10). "Cannone da 105/28 Modello 1913". ComandoSupremo. Retrieved 2021-11-10. "Canon de 155 C modele 1917 Schneider". www...
British First Army's southern sector. After further discussion, the ComandoSupremo issued orders on 19 February for Rommel to attack through the Kasserine...
1860-1922, p. 235 ComandoSupremo – Alfonso Ollearo Ollearo, Alfonso – Generals.dk Ollearo Alfonso – Presidenza della Repubblica ComandoSupremo – Alfonso Ollearo...
Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8. ComandoSupremo: General Ettore Bastico (1876-1972) La seconda guerra mondiale, Ettore...
equivalents were Superesercito and Superaereo, which were subordinate to ComandoSupremo the Supreme Command of the Italian armed forces. The plan to centralise...
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