Carlo Secillano Favagrossa (22 November 1888 – 22 March 1970), was an Italian general and politician. During the

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

era, he was the Italian Under-Secretary for War Production. He also participated in the

Spanish civil war The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlism, Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebeli ...

on the side of

Francisco Franco Francisco Franco Bahamonde (; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and thereafter ruled over Spain from 19 ...

. Prior to the outbreak of hostilities, Favagrossa had calculated that Italy would not be prepared for war until October 1942. In 1946 published a book, with the title ''Perchè perdemmo la guerra'' (why we lost the war), where he pinpointed the reasons of his calculations.Carlo Favagross
Perché perdemmo la guerra: Mussolini e la produzione bellica
1946

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* Italian people of World War II 1970 deaths 1888 births 20th-century Italian politicians Mussolini Cabinet {{Italy-politician-stub