Giuseppe Mancinelli (general) explained

Giuseppe Mancinelli
Birth Place:Urbino, Italy
Death Place:Rome
Allegiance: Italy
Branch:Italian Army
Serviceyears:1912 - 1959
Rank:Tenente Generale
Battles:World War I
World War II
Awards:Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

General Giuseppe Mancinelli (1895–1976) was Chief of the Italian Defence Staff from 1954 to 1959 and chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1956 to 1957.[1]

During World War II he served as Chief of Staff of the liaison office with Panzer Army Africa from March 1942 to January 1943, and Chief of Staff of the First Italian Army in Tunisia, serving under Marshal of Italy Giovanni Messe, from January 1943 until its surrender on 13 May 1943. He was then a prisoner of war in Great Britain until 1944.

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  1. http://www.nato.int/cv/milcom/chair.htm Chairmen of the NATO Military Committee.