Federico Ferrari Orsi

Federico Ferrari Orsi (Rivoli, Piedmont, Italy, 18 December 1886 – Egypt, 18 October 1942) was a general in the Royal Italian Army during World War II.

General Federico Ferrari-Orsi

He was one of the founders of Torino Football Club and played as a defender in the 1907 season. He fought in the Italian-Turkish War and the First World War.

In 1940 he was a Division General and commanded the 1st Cavalry Division Eugenio di Savoia. In April 1941, during the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, he commanded the Celere Corps.^[1] Between May and August 1942, he was back in Italy to form the new XXII Corps. In August 1942, he was sent to North Africa to command the X Army Corps in the Western Desert Campaign. He was killed by a landmine on 18 October 1942 just before the Second Battle of El Alamein.^[2]

Notes edit

^ Nafziger 1997, pp. 1–7.
^ Lunardi, Tommaso (20 October 2018). "Eroi dimenticati: Federico Ferrari-Orsi, il generale fondatore del Torino". Il Primato Nazionale (in Italian). Retrieved 28 July 2020.

Nafziger, George (1997). (PDF). Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2013.

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