
Carlo Vecchiarelli (10 January 1884 – 13 December 1948) was an Italian general. He was a veteran combatant of the
First World War. Between the two world wars he held the positions of Military Attaché at the Italian Embassy in Prague, Honorary Field Assistant to King
Vittorio Emanuele III, Military Attaché at the Italian Embassy in Vienna, commander of the
7th Alpini Regiment, of the
I Alpini Brigade, of the
47th Infantry Division "Bari"
The 47th Infantry Division "Bari" ( it, 47ª Divisione di fanteria "Bari") was an infantry division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The Bari was formed on 15 September 1939 in the city of Bari. After the announcement of the Armist ...
, of the
132nd Armored Division "Ariete"
The 132nd Armored Division "Ariete" ( it, 132ª Divisione corazzata "Ariete") was an armored division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. It was formed in 1939 as the second armored division after the 131st Armored Division "Centauro ...
, and of the
V Army Corps of Trieste. During the
Second World War he was commander of the
I and
XX Army Corps, and of the
11th Army stationed in Greece, with headquarters in Athens. After the proclamation of the
Armistice of Cassibile
The Armistice of Cassibile was an armistice signed on 3 September 1943 and made public on 8 September between the Kingdom of Italy and the Allies during World War II.
It was signed by Major General Walter Bedell Smith for the Allies and Brig ...
of 8 September 1943, after receiving ambiguous instructions from the
Supreme Command, on the morning of 9 September 1943 he gave the order to surrender all heavy weapons to the Germans, in exchange for the latter's commitment to repatriate the Army. The Germans, however, soon betrayed the agreement and had the troops of the Eleventh Army sent to Germany as
Italian military internees. Vecchiarelli himself was arrested and imprisoned in
Poland before being handed over to the
Italian Social Republic
The Italian Social Republic ( it, Repubblica Sociale Italiana, ; RSI), known as the National Republican State of Italy ( it, Stato Nazionale Repubblicano d'Italia, SNRI) prior to December 1943 but more popularly known as the Republic of Salò ...
, which sentenced him to ten years' imprisonment for "anti-German behaviour in Greece". He was released by the
partisans at the end of the war.
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Italian generals
Italian military personnel of World War I
Italian military personnel of World War II
Italian occupation of Greece during World War II
1884 births
1948 deaths