Badoglio, Pietro, born 29-07-1971 in Grazzano Monferrato,
Italy, His father, Mario Badaglio, was a modest landowner, and his mother Antonietta Pittarelli, was of middle class background. On 05-10-1888 Pietro was admitted to the Royal Militairy Academy in Turin.
He received the rank of Second Lieutenant in 1890. In 1192, he finished his studies and was promoted to Lieutenant. After completing his studies, he served with the Italian Army from 1892, at first as a Lieutenant (Tenente) in artillery, taking part in the early Italian colonial wars in Eritrea (1896), and in Libya (1912). He joined the Italian Army and was a junior officer in Ethiopia. During the First War he rose from Captain to General and became Chief of Staff to the commander in Chief of the Army.





Badoglio was opposed to Italy joining Germany against the Allies in World War II. He resigned as head of the armed forces after the defeat of the Italian Army in Greece. The loss of Sicily created serious problems for Benito Mussolini.




Ciano was married with Edda Mussolini and Hermann Goering



The following day Victor Emmanuel III told Mussolini he was dismissed from office. The king now appointed Badoglio as head of the government.
Soon afterwards he declared martial law and placed Mussolini under arrest. Badoglio began negotiating an armistice with the Allies. When Generalfeldmarschall der Flieger, Albert Kesselring








Death and burial ground of Badoglio, Pietro.






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