Raffaele Cadorna the Younger
Raffaele Cadorna the Younger (born September 12, 1889 in Pallanza , † 1973 ibid) was an Italian general . He was the grandson of Raffaele Sr. and son of Luigi Cadorna , later he led a group of the Italian resistance ( Resistancea ).
Life
Raffaele Cadorna Jr. became a cavalry lieutenant in 1909 and then took part in both the war against the Turks in Libya and the First World War. From 1920 to 1924 he was a member of an Allied commission that was to determine the new borders in Germany . From 1929 to 1934 he was an Italian military attaché in Prague . In the following years he commanded the regiment " Savoia Cavalleria " and the cavalry school in Pinerolo . After the armistice of September 8, 1943, he fought briefly against German troops near Rome at the head of the armored division "Ariete" and then joined the resistance group of Colonel Giuseppe Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo . In the summer of 1944 he parachuted off Bergamo and then headed the Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale in northern Italy in Milan and then the Corpo Volontari della Libertà , which cooperated with the American and British armies. The successful popular uprising in April 1945 enabled him to negotiate surrender with the fascist armed forces of the Italian social republic. On July 4, 1945 he became Chief of Staff of the Italian Army . In 1948 he joined the Democrazia Cristiana , in whose ranks he sat as a senator in parliament until 1963 .
literature
- The small encyclopedia , Encyclios-Verlag, Zurich, 1950, volume 1, page 262
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cadorna, Raffaele the Younger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cadorna, Raffaele Jr. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pallanza |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1973 |
| Place of death | Pallanza |