(1878-11-14)14 November 1878 Viareggio, Tuscany, Kingdom of Italy
Died
24 May 1944(1944-05-24) (aged 65) Parma, Italian Social Republic
Resting place
Bari, Italy
Military service
Allegiance
Kingdom of Italy
Branch/service
Regia Marina ("Royal Navy")
Years of service
1896–1944
Rank
Ammiraglio di squadra(Squadron admiral)
Commands
Ardito (destroyer)
Tigre (scout cruiser)
Duilio (battleship)
Trento (heavy cruiser)
5th Naval Division
1st Naval Squadron
Italian Aegean Islands
Battles/wars
Italo-Turkish War
World War I
Adriatic Campaign
Second Italo-Abyssinian War
World War II
Italian invasion of France
Battle of the Mediterranean
Battle of Calabria
Operation Hats
Battle of Taranto
Operation White
Battle of Cape Spartivento
Dodecanese Campaign
Inigo Campioni (14 November 1878 – 24 May 1944) was an Italian naval officer during most of the first half of the 20th century. He served in four wars, and is best known as an admiral in the Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marina) during World War II. He was later executed by the Italian Social Republic for refusing to collaborate.
InigoCampioni (14 November 1878 – 24 May 1944) was an Italian naval officer during most of the first half of the 20th century. He served in four wars...
Admiral Andrew Cunningham, and Italian naval forces, under Admiral InigoCampioni. The Royal Navy launched the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack...
advantages over the battleship at Taranto. However, the Italian admiral InigoCampioni had been given orders to avoid combat unless it was heavily in his favour...
long tons (5,810 t) of fuel. The convoy's escort, commanded by Admiral InigoCampioni, consisted of three groups. The first, comprising four destroyers and...
heavy units was quickly proven wrong. Only five days after Taranto, InigoCampioni sortied with two battleships, six cruisers and 14 destroyers to disrupt...
LaBelle, singer, author and actress, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died: InigoCampioni, 65, Italian naval officer (executed by firing squad for refusing to...
took over the role of fleet flagship, under the command of Admiral InigoCampioni. On 17 November, Vittorio Veneto and Giulio Cesare—the only operational...
Italy Pasto, Colombia Princess Maria Antónia of Bragança was born here InigoCampioni (1878–1944), soldier and politician Araldo Caprili (1920-1982), football...
parachute on Rhodes, to persuade the Italian commander, Ammiraglio InigoCampioni, to join the Allies. Swift action by the German forces forestalled the...
July 1940, as part of the 1st Battle Squadron, commanded by Admiral InigoCampioni, during which she engaged major elements of the British Mediterranean...
Greece, Albania, Yugoslavia and Italy fought the Germans. Admirals InigoCampioni and Luigi Mascherpa led an attempt to defend Rhodes, Kos, Leros and...
Division), but after an inconclusive battle the Italian commander, Admiral InigoCampioni, surrendered when the Germans threatened to launch heavy bombings against...
1940, Cavagnari was replaced by Admiral Arturo Riccardi and Admiral InigoCampioni became Deputy Chief of Staff. In July 1941, Admiral Luigi Sansonetti...
("Tribunale Speciale per la Difesa dello Stato"), along with admiral InigoCampioni (the governor of the Dodecanese), on charges of "treason" for having...
Admiral Andrew Cunningham, and Italian naval forces, under Admiral InigoCampioni. The Royal Navy launched the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack...
1940. They were part of the 1st Battle Squadron, commanded by Admiral InigoCampioni, when they engaged major elements of the British Mediterranean Fleet...
British archaeologist and pioneer of archaeozoology (d. 1951) November 14 InigoCampioni, Italian admiral (d. 1944) Julie Manet, French painter (d. 1966) Leopold...
who was the official supreme commander of the Italian Royal Navy. InigoCampioni was a commander of the Italian Royal Navy during the battles of Taranto...
Chief of Staff of the Navy Notable commanders The Duke of the Abruzzi Paolo Thaon di Revel InigoCampioni Angelo Iachino Insignia Naval Ensign Naval Jack...
Army and Supreme Commander of mainland Greece (Supergrecia) Admiral InigoCampioni, Governor of the Dodecanese and Supreme Commander of the Aegean (Superegeo)...
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