Alberico Albricci (6 December 1864 – 2 April 1936) was an Italian general who served in

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, leading the 2nd Army Corps in France during the Second Battle of the Marne. Born in

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, the son of a noble family, he graduated in his twenties from Modena Military Academy; he then served in

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from 1888 to 1889. In 1910 he was named Honorary Aide de Camp of the king and Military Attaché at the Italian Embassy in

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. When Italy joined the Allies in World War I, he held his post on the General Staff, but he was soon named commander of the ''Basilicata Infantry Brigade''. Then he assumed his duty as chief of staff of the First Army. In 1917 he led the 5th Infantry Division in the Adamello massif. In late 1917, as commander of the 2nd Army Corps, he led the retreat of his troops from

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to the bank of the Piave. In 1918 his corps was transferred to

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.
From an Italian website During the Second Battle of the Marne his corps suffered heavy losses in the zone of Bligny, Marne, Bligny but was able to stop the advance of the Germans. In the following months, the 2nd Army Corps advanced and reached in November 1918

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and the river Serre. Albricci was named

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in June 1919 and left the office in March 1920. He was named Senator of the Kingdom by the

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. He died in 1936, at the age of 72.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Albricci, Alberico 1864 births 1936 deaths People from Gallarate Italian Army generals Italian military personnel of World War I Members of the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy Government ministers of Italy Ministers of war of Italy