Simon Petru Cristofini (1903–1943), also known as Pietro Simone Cristofini (French: Pierre Simon Cristofini), was a Corsican soldier who commanded the Phalange Africaine during Tunisia Campaign in World War II and was executed for treason by French authorities because of his support for Italian irredentism in Corsica during the Italian occupation of Corsica.
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Colonel Mondielli, Colonel SimonPetruCristofini and Marta Renucci, his wife, the first Corsican female journalist. Cristofini collaborated early in 1943...
in Corsica essentially died out with him. Colonel Pietro Cristofini (or PetruSimonCristofini) was born in Calenzana (near Calvi, Corsica) on 26 May 1903...
Lieutenant-colonel Christian du Jonchay [fr], Lieutenant-colonel SimonPetruCristofini, and Captain André Dupuis, was also called the Legion of French...
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