(1889-12-05)5 December 1889 Novi di Modena, Kingdom of Italy
Died
29 December 1952(1952-12-29) (aged 63)
Allegiance
Kingdom of Italy Italy
Service/branch
Royal Italian Army Italian Army
Rank
Lieutenant General
Commands held
3rd Tank Infantry Regiment Tank and Specialist Units Group Flechas Negras Division Libya Tank Command Babini Group "Aosta" Infantry Division
Battles/wars
Italo-Turkish War
Battle of Tripoli
Battle of Zanzur
First Italo-Senussi War
World War I
White War
Battle of Caporetto
Pacification of Libya
Spanish Civil War
Aragon Offensive
Battle of the Ebro
World War II
North African campaign
Italian invasion of Egypt
Battle of Mechili
Battle of Beda Fomm
Awards
Silver Medal of Military Valor (three times)
Bronze Medal of Military Valor
Military Order of Italy
Order of the Crown of Italy
Valentino Babini (5 December 1889 – 29 December 1952) was an Italian general during World War II. He was one Italy's foremost pioneers in tank warfare and among the most important tank commanders of the Royal Italian Army during the interwar period and the early stages of World War II; in 1940 he coined the motto of Italy's tank troops, Ferrea mole, ferreo cuore ("Iron hulls, iron hearts").
ValentinoBabini (5 December 1889 – 29 December 1952) was an Italian general during World War II. He was one Italy's foremost pioneers in tank warfare...
The Babini Group (Italian: Raggruppamento Babini, also known as the Special Armoured Brigade Brigata Corazzata Speciale) was an ad hoc armoured unit. The...
Comando Carri Armati della Libia, Generale di Divisione (Major-General) ValentinoBabini 1st Tank Group I Tank Battalion "M" / 4th Tank Infantry Regiment (M11/39...
Artillery Regiment 20th Army Corps Artillery Regiment Babini Group at Marsa Lucch (General ValentinoBabini) I Tank Battalion "M" 4th Tank Infantry Regiment...
100 mi (160 km) towards Derna and the Babini Group (BCS – Brigata Corazzata Speciale under General ValentinoBabini), with about 300 tanks, at Mechili....
"Sabratha" and the Babini Group (General ValentinoBabini), which had already lost some of its tanks in the British capture of Tobruk. The Babini Group had an...
forces defending Mechili consisted of the Babini Group, the Piana Motorised Group and the Bignami Column. The Babini Group comprised 138 officers, 2,200 men...
Libia (Libyan Tank Command) was formed under the command of General ValentinoBabini, with three Raggruppamenti. Raggruppamento Aresca (Colonel Pietro Aresca)...
walked for designers Gugliemo Cappone, Luciano Soprani, Elie Saab, Marina Babini, Yumi Katsura and Michino Koshino in Paris, Milan, San Francisco, and New...
"Eletta la nuova Direzione Nazionale del PRI: per Ravenna Paolo Gambi e Luisa Babini". "De Rinaldis Saponaro nominato segretario nazionale del Pri". Documeto...
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Royal Italian Army