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Luigi Cadorna

1850 - 1928

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Marshal of Italy Luigi Cadorna, (4 September 1850 – 21 December 1928) was an Italian general, Marshal of Italy and Count, most famous for being the Chief of Staff of the Italian Army from 1914 until 1917 during World War I. Commanding the Italian army on the Italian front, he acquired a reputation for rigid discipline and the harsh treatment of his troops. Cadorna launched multiple offensives across the Isonzo front during which the Italian army made gradual gains, notably capturing Gorizia after counterattacking during the Strafexpedition, but suffered heavy casualties. Following a major defeat at the Battle of Caporetto in late 1917, he was relieved as Chief of Staff. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luigi Cadorna is the 357th most popular military personnel (up from 376th in 2019), the 1,037th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,051st in 2019) and the 17th most popular Italian Military Personnel.

Luigi Cadorna was a general in the Italian army who was most famous for being the commander of the Italian army during World War I.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Luigi Cadorna ranks 357 out of 2,058. Before him are Leopold Joseph von Daun, Wang Jian, Georg von Frundsberg, Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, Fyodor Tolbukhin, and Qasem Soleimani. After him are Jonas Savimbi, Mark Milley, Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Shunroku Hata, Duško Popov, and Boris Shaposhnikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Luigi Cadorna ranks 16. Before him are Eduard Bernstein, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Charles Richet, John Collier, Mihai Eminescu, and Pierre Loti. After him are Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, Oliver Heaviside, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Frances Xavier Cabrini, and William Morris Davis. Among people deceased in 1928, Luigi Cadorna ranks 16. Before him are Theodore William Richards, Johannes Fibiger, Franz Stuck, Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach, Pyotr Wrangel, and Alexander Bogdanov. After him are Stjepan Radić, Italo Svevo, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Zhang Zuolin, Álvaro Obregón, and H. H. Asquith.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luigi Cadorna ranks 1,037 out of 5,161. Before him are Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1634), Il Sodoma (1477), Benedetto Marcello (1686), Dino De Laurentiis (1919), Andrea Camilleri (1925), and Federico Barocci (1535). After him are Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma (1870), Fra Dolcino (1250), Taddeo Gaddi (1290), Romano Mussolini (1927), Renata Tebaldi (1922), and Gaius Lucilius (-180).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Italy

Among military personnels born in Italy, Luigi Cadorna ranks 17. Before him are Sejanus (-20), Raimondo Montecuccoli (1609), Italo Gariboldi (1879), Titus Labienus (-100), Roger de Flor (1267), and Italo Balbo (1896). After him are Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli (1856), Gaius Claudius Glaber (-200), Erasmo of Narni (1370), Giovanni Messe (1883), Emilio De Bono (1866), and Armando Diaz (1861).

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