Mario Roatta (1887 â€“ 1968)

Mario Roatta

( 1887 â€“ 1968 )

Biography

In July 1940, Roatta made a plan to attack Yugoslavia through German held Austria in order to outflank Yugoslav fortified Rupnik line. Plan which required 9000 German trucks and supplies for 8-10 Italian division was quickly rejected by Germans.

Roatta removal from command of the 2nd Army come after long pressure from Germans beacuse of his refusal for more aggressive anti-partisan actions as well as increasing reliance on Chetniks and supplying them weapons (ten times more then British airdrops) to fight Partisans.

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Ranks

Major

Decorations

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Died

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Assignments

? - commander of the 84th Regiment Venezia

from 1934 to 1936 - head of the Italian Military Intelligence Service (Servizio Informazioni Militari - SIM)

from december 1936 to 1938 - commander of the Corps of Volunteer Troops (Corpo Truppe Volontarie - CTV) during Spanish civil war

from 1938 - commander of the Flechas Division

deputy chief of the army staff

from 19 January 1942 to 1 February 1943 - commander of the Italian 2nd Army in Yugoslavia

1943 - commander of the 6th Army in Sicily

1943 - chief of the Army General Staff

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