Guglielmo Nasi

Guglielmo Nasi (born February 21, 1879 in Civitavecchia , † September 21, 1971 in Modena ) was an Italian general .

Life

After completing his training at the military academy, Nasi became an artillery officer and then took part in the First World War as a general staff officer. From 1926 to 1928 he was an Italian military attaché in Paris . In the following years he served in the Italian colonies , a. a. as governor of various areas in North and East Africa, where he distinguished himself through his efficient administrative work and his diplomatic skills in negotiations with tribal leaders.

When the Second World War broke out , he was in Italian East Africa , from where he conquered British Somaliland during the East African campaign in 1940 . In the course of the British counter-offensive, he withdrew to the Ethiopian highlands in 1941, where he stubbornly defended the last Italian positions in East Africa until November 28 at the Battle of Gondar . After the Italian commander-in-chief Amadeus of Savoy died in captivity in Kenya in early 1942 , Nasi took over the leadership of the 60,000 Italian prisoners of war there.

Nasi returned to Italy in 1945, where he had to answer before an Italian court for war crimes . The Ethiopian government also put him on a list of war criminals. A trial of the war crimes he was accused of in Ethiopia was prevented by England and Italy. Nasi, who himself never issued criminal orders, was acquitted in Italy. He is considered to be the most capable Italian general in the East African theater of war.

In 1950 he was supposed to take over the leadership of the UN trust territory in Somalia , which was entrusted to Italy , but this was prevented by protests from several directions.

Individual evidence

↑ Aram Mattioli: The Sabotaged War Crimes Tribunal . In: The first fascist war of extermination . Ed .: Aram Mattioli, ISBN 978-3-89498-162-4 , p. 156 ff.
^ Richard Pankhurst: Italian Fascist War Crimes in Ethiopia: A History of Their Discussion, from the League of Nations to the United Nations (1936-1949) , Northeast African Studies 6.1-2 (1999), pp. 83-140.

personal data
SURNAME	Nasi, Guglielmo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian general
DATE OF BIRTH	February 21, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH	Civitavecchia
DATE OF DEATH	September 21, 1971
Place of death	Modena

[1] Aram Mattioli: The Sabotaged War Crimes Tribunal . In: The first fascist war of extermination . Ed .: Aram Mattioli, ISBN 978-3-89498-162-4 , p. 156 ff.

[2] Richard Pankhurst: Italian Fascist War Crimes in Ethiopia: A History of Their Discussion, from the League of Nations to the United Nations (1936-1949) , Northeast African Studies 6.1-2 (1999), pp. 83-140.