He was born into a family of the Neapolitan nobility, and held the titles of Duke of Caccuri, Marquis of Montorio and Baron of Gambatesa, Macchia and Venafro.[1] After completing classical studies in his hometown, he followed the courses of the Royal Military Academy of Turin from 1900 to 1905, graduating as artillery second lieutenant in the Artillery. He was promoted to captain in 1914 and fought in the First World War, being promoted to major in 1917. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1926 and to colonel in 1932, commanding the Military District of Siena and later of the 3rd Army Corps Artillery Regiment of Trieste.[2][3][4]
carlo, petra, caccuri, naples, january, 1883, 1967, italian, general, during, world, born, 1883, january, 1883naples, kingdom, italydied1967, aged, allegiance, kingdom, italyservice, branch, royal, italian, armyrankmajor, generalcommands, heldmilitary, distric. Carlo Petra di Caccuri Naples 21 January 1883 1967 was an Italian general during World War II Carlo Petra di CaccuriBorn 1883 01 21 21 January 1883Naples Kingdom of ItalyDied1967 aged 84 Allegiance Kingdom of ItalyService wbr branch Royal Italian ArmyRankMajor GeneralCommands heldMilitary District of Siena3rd Army Corps Artillery Regiment31st Infantry Division Calabria Territorial Defense of Cagliari47th Infantry Division Bari Military Command of SardiniaBattles warsWorld War I World War IIBiography EditHe was born into a family of the Neapolitan nobility and held the titles of Duke of Caccuri Marquis of Montorio and Baron of Gambatesa Macchia and Venafro 1 After completing classical studies in his hometown he followed the courses of the Royal Military Academy of Turin from 1900 to 1905 graduating as artillery second lieutenant in the Artillery He was promoted to captain in 1914 and fought in the First World War being promoted to major in 1917 He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1926 and to colonel in 1932 commanding the Military District of Siena and later of the 3rd Army Corps Artillery Regiment of Trieste 2 3 4 After promotion to brigadier general in 1938 he commanded the artillery of the XIII Army Corps Cagliari and then the 31st Infantry Division Calabria in Sassari from 1939 to 1940 5 6 7 After promotion to major general after a short period at the disposal of the Army Corps of Rome for special assignments he returned in 1941 to Sardinia in command of the Territorial Defense of Cagliari remaining there until 1944 and witnessing the destruction of the city by Allied air raids in 1943 the armistice of Cassibile and the arrival of the Allies in Sardinia 8 9 In late 1943 1944 he commanded the 47th Infantry Division Bari also stationed in Sardinia and in 1944 he provisionally held the military command of Sardinia 10 11 12 13 He died in 1967 14 References Edit Generals dk 3 Reggimento Artiglieria Pesante Campale Vecio it Generals dk Divisione Calabria Niehorster Generals dk Il Regio Esercito all 8 settembre 1943 Generals dk Divisione Bari L Esercito e i suoi corpi The Organization and Order of Battle of Militaries in World War II Generals dk Generals dk Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Carlo Petra di Caccuri amp oldid 1152266116, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
