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Guglielmo Nasi
Generale Guglielmo Nasi
Born
21 February 1879 Civitavecchia, Lazio, Kingdom of Italy
Died
21 September 1971(1971-09-21) (aged 92) Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Allegiance
Italy
Service/branch
Royal Italian Army
Years of service
1912–1945
Commands held
Chief of Staff for the Colonial Troops in Africa Vice-Governor of Cyrenaica Governor of Harar Governor of Shewa Vice-Governor of Italian East Africa
Battles/wars
First World War Second Italo-Ethiopian War World War II
East African Campaign
Invasion of British Somaliland
Battle of Gondar
Awards
Colonial Order of the Star of Italy Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus Military Order of Savoia Order of Vittorio Veneto Silver Medal of Military Valor (4 times) Maurician medal Military Career Medal (10 years) Commemorative Medal World War I 1915 - 18 (4 years of campaign) Commemorative Medal to the Italian Unity Commemorative Medal to the Allied Victory
Other work
UN Commissar for Somalia
Guglielmo Ciro Nasi (21 February 1879 – 21 September 1971) was an Italian general who fought in Italian East Africa during World War II.
Guglielmo Ciro Nasi (21 February 1879 – 21 September 1971) was an Italian general who fought in Italian East Africa during World War II. Nasi was born...
permission for the invasion. While waiting, Aosta and his deputy, General GuglielmoNasi, completed an appreciation of the likely opposition and the campaign...
Arbegnoch ejected the Italian forces commanded in Ethiopia by General GuglielmoNasi (the conqueror of British Somaliland). The campaign took six weeks;...
near the frontier. The plan was soon leaked and in response General GuglielmoNasi was replaced as governor of Harar by a civilian, Enrico Cerulli. The...
100 m) and had an Italian garrison of 40,000 men, commanded by Generale GuglielmoNasi. After the defeat of the Italians at the Battle of Keren (1 April 1941)...
Italians, leaving British Somaliland isolated. On 3 August, General GuglielmoNasi led 35,000 Italian troops, the vast majority of them African conscripts...
• 1937–1941 Amedeo di Aosta • 1941 (acting) Pietro Gazzera • 1941 (acting) GuglielmoNasi Historical era Interwar period to World War II • Italian Ethiopia proclaimed...
beginning on 18 June. From Harrar Governorate, troops under General GuglielmoNasi to attack French Somaliland, there was some skirmishes. When the government...
Formation 2 September 1912 First holder Ottavio Briccola Final holder GuglielmoNasi Abolished 1 July 1935 Succession Governor-General of Italian Libya...
1939 to 5 May 1939 Enrico Cerulli, Governor 5 May 1939 – 2 June 1940 GuglielmoNasi, Governor 2 June 1940 – 3 April 1941 Giuseppe Daodice, Governor 3 April...
beginning on 18 June. From Harrar Governorate, troops under General GuglielmoNasi to attack French Somaliland, there was some skirmishes. When the government...
the Somaliland Camel Corps, when Italian forces commanded by General GuglielmoNasi invaded British Somaliland (now Somaliland). During the Italian conquest...
beginning on 18 June. From Harrar Governorate, troops under General GuglielmoNasi attacked the fort of Ali-Sabieh, there was some skirmishing over the...
the organized Italian resistance around Gondar under the command of GuglielmoNasi, who by this point was the acting Viceroy and Governor-General of Italian...
formed part of the defenses of the Italian last stand, under General GuglielmoNasi, around Gondar. In October 1941, the Italians had one battalion at Gorgora;...
Somaliland in a few days. From Harrar Governorate, troops under General GuglielmoNasi attacked the fort of Ali-Sabieh in the south and Dadda'to in the north...
EnricoEnrico Cerulli (1898–1988) 1 January 1939 5 May 1939 124 days 2 Nasi, GuglielmoGuglielmoNasi (1879–1971) 5 May 1939 2 June 1940 1 year, 28 days 3 Daodice...
offices Preceded by Amedeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta (acting) Viceroy and Governor-General of Italian East Africa 23 May – 6 July 1941 Succeeded by GuglielmoNasi...
"Tevere" were held in reserve. The first column, commanded by General GuglielmoNasi and including the Libyan Division, on the Italian right was to break...
Allied troops (mostly from the British Empire) was assured. When General GuglielmoNasi surrendered with military honors the last troops of the Italian colonial...