Giuseppe Amico (1890

Giuseppe Amico

( 1890 - 1943 )

Biography

Born on 1 November 1890 in Caputa, Caserta region in Italy.

Attended the Academy of Turin and fought World War I.
General Amico was last commander of Catanzaro division which was decimated during British operation Compass in Egypt and later dissolved.

During Italian capitulation in the evening of 11 September gathered a group of like mined anti-German officers and agreed to resist agreed disarmament by Germans on the following day. Germans learning of this decision begun to immediately disarm Italian units and with air support crushed Italian resistance.

General Amico was first taken prisoner during negotiations with Germans but was allowed to speak to soldiers of 56th Infantry Regiment in order to get them to surrender. Instead he joined major Piro in attacking Germans and was captured for the second time.

By German orders, general Amico was shot by Italian fascist lieutenant Lino Domofrija who after that entered NDH police force.

Ranks

1935 - Colonel

Major-General

Decorations

Died

Executed on 13 September 1943 in Slano near Dubrovnik by Lino Domofrija .

Assignments

- commander of a group of the 5th Artillery Regiment of the Superga division

1935 - commander of the 10th Artillery Regiment

1937 to 1938 - commander of the artillery regiment of the Littorio division during Spanish civil war

August 1939 - chief of staff of the 4th Army
chief of staff of the 7th Army

November 1940 - commander of the Catanzaro division

July 1941 - commander of 32nd Infantry Division 'Marche'

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