Antonio Cantore
Antonio Cantore (* 1860 in Sampierdarena near Genoa ; † July 20, 1915 near Cortina d'Ampezzo ) was an Italian major general .
Cantore served as an officer in the Alpini . During the First World War , he commanded units as general in Trentino and the Dolomites . He was shot dead by an Austrian sniper on the evening of July 20, 1915 on the Tofanen during the first Dolomite offensive while inspecting the front lines. After Cantore's death, a hero cult developed around him. In later debates the suspicion was repeatedly raised that an Italian officer had killed him because of his authoritarian nature.
A destroyer of the Italian Navy, launched in 1921, has been named General Antonio Cantore .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anna Checchi: A riapre (e forse risolve) il giallo della Grande Guerra. Article in Oggi magazine from August 1998 (Italian, accessed November 26, 2009)
- ↑ Bruno Ongaro: La morte del Generale Cantore. Article from May 2002 on www.caiconegliano.it (Italian, accessed November 26, 2009) ( Memento of October 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Information about the destroyer Generale Antonio Cantore on www.marina.difesa.it (Italian, accessed November 26, 2009)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cantore, Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian major general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sampierdarena near Genoa |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 20, 1915 |
| Place of death | at Cortina d'Ampezzo |