Gustavo Pesenti (January 15, 1878 – January 18, 1960) was an
Italian
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general. He was Italian colonial governor of
Somaliland.
Biography
He was a knight of the
Military Order of Savoy
The Military Order of Savoy was a military honorary order of the Kingdom of Sardinia first, and of the Kingdom of Italy later. Following the abolition of the Italian monarchy, the order became the Military Order of Italy.
History
The origin o ...
. He was a recipient of the
Bronze Medal of Military Valor
The Bronze Medal of Military Valor ( it, Medaglia di bronzo al valor militare) is an Italian medal for gallantry.
It was established by Charles Albert of Sardinia on 26 March 1833, along with the higher ranking Gold and Silver Medals for Military ...
. He fought in the
Italo-Turkish War
The Italo-Turkish or Turco-Italian War ( tr, Trablusgarp Savaşı, "Tripolitanian War", it, Guerra di Libia, "War of Libya") was fought between the Kingdom of Italy and the Ottoman Empire from 29 September 1911, to 18 October 1912. As a result ...
,
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
and
Second Italo-Ethiopian War
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a war of aggression which was fought between Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Italy and Ethiopian Empire, Ethiopia from October 1935 to February 1937. In Ethio ...
.
Publications
* ''Canti e ritmi arabici, somalici e suhaili'', Bollettino della Reale Società Geografica Italiana, 1910.
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* ''Di alcuni canti arabici e somalici'', Bollettino della Reale Società Geografica Italiana, 1912.][
* ''I canti del “Dikir”'', Bollettino della Reale Sociatà Geografica Italiana, 1916.][
* ''Canti sacri e profani: danze e ritmi degli Arabi dei Somali e dei Suhaili'', L'eroica, Milano, 1929.][
* ''Il maresciallo Cadorna condottiero ed animatore del primo esercito nazionale'', Regia Stamperia della colonia, Mogadiscio, 1929.
* ''La musica è mediterranea'', L'Eroica, Milano, 1932.][
* ''Danane : nella Somàlia italiano: nel XXV anniversario del combattimento (9-10 febbraio 1907)'', L'Eroica, Milano, 1932.
* ''In Palestina e in Siria durante e dopo la Grande Guerra'', L'Eroica, Milano, 1932.
* ''La Prima Divisione Eritrea alla battaglia dell'Ascianghi'', L'Eroica, Milano, 1937.
* ''L'Islam in occidente'', L'Eroica, Milano, 1938.
* ''La svastica infranta: Note e considerazioni sul defunto III Reich'', Bertello, 1945
* ''La muraglia blindata'', Bertello, 1947.
* ''Le guerre coloniali'', N. Zanichelli, Bologna, 1947.
* ''Alla scoperta del continente nero'', Demos, Genova, 1950.
* ''Fronte Kenya (la guerra in A. O. I.-1940-41)'', Bertello, 1953.
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1878 births
1960 deaths
Italian generals
Knights of the Military Order of Savoy
Recipients of the Bronze Medal of Military Valor
Italian military personnel of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
Italian military personnel of the Italo-Turkish War
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