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Giovanni Messe

1883 - 1968

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Giovanni Messe (10 December 1883 – 18 December 1968) was an Italian field marshal and politician. In the Second World War, he was captured in Tunisia but made chief of staff of the Italian Co-belligerent Army after the armistice of September 1943. Later, he was an elected representative in the Italian Senate. He is considered by many to have been the best Italian general of the war. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Messe is the 436th most popular military personnel (down from 374th in 2019), the 1,233rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,050th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Italian Military Personnel.

Giovanni Messe was a general in the Italian army during World War II. He led the troops in the Battle of Monte Cassino and was later made commander of the Italian Expeditionary Force in Russia.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Giovanni Messe ranks 436 out of 2,058. Before him are Nicolas Chauvin, Leonid Govorov, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, Vjekoslav Luburić, George I Rákóczi, and Pavel Nakhimov. After him are Walter Nowotny, Lü Meng, Zinovy Rozhestvensky, August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Petre Dumitrescu, and Thrasybulus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Giovanni Messe ranks 46. Before him are Joseph Pilates, Georgios Papanikolaou, A. S. Neill, Erich Heckel, Döme Sztójay, and Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh. After him are Max Linder, Alexandros Papagos, Ivan Meštrović, Gusztáv Jány, Gino Severini, and Marie Laurencin. Among people deceased in 1968, Giovanni Messe ranks 37. Before him are Howard Florey, Ivan Ribar, Kirill Meretskov, Vasily Sokolovsky, Alice Guy-Blaché, and Lucio Fontana. After him are Vittorio Pozzo, Ramon Novarro, Arnold Zweig, Romano Guardini, Josef Harpe, and Hans-Jürgen Stumpff.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Messe ranks 1,233 out of 5,161. Before him are Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria (1825), Oliviero Toscani (1942), Tavo Burat (1932), Domenico Veneziano (1410), Paolo Conte (1937), and Peter Chrysologus (380). After him are Francis IV, Duke of Modena (1779), Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany (1663), Angela of Foligno (1248), Raniero Cantalamessa (1934), Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (1569), and Angelo Amato (1938).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Italy

Among military personnels born in Italy, Giovanni Messe ranks 21. Before him are Roger de Flor (1267), Italo Balbo (1896), Luigi Cadorna (1850), Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli (1856), Gaius Claudius Glaber (-200), and Erasmo of Narni (1370). After him are Emilio De Bono (1866), Armando Diaz (1861), Publius Ventidius Bassus (-150), Andreas Hofer (1767), Giorgio Basta (1550), and Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (1869).

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