General Bergonzoli

[FANGIO]

Please could anybody post a good portrait of this italian General? I've been searching in this forum and with google but all I could find is this pic. Is there a better one? Thanks in advance.

[USAF1986]

Here you go – “Electric Whiskers” from the source cited below.

Best regards,
Shawn

SOURCE: Latimer, Jon. Osprey Campaign 73: Operation Compass 1940 – Wavell’s Whirlwind Offensive. Osprey Publishing Ltd., Oxford, United Kingdom, 2000.

[Georges M. Croisier]

This one ?

[Spirow Ewes]

In this last picture, what uniform is he wearing? It's spanish?

[Georges M. Croisier]

That's correct !

The members of the Italian expeditionnary Corps in Spain as well the Legion Condor were not wearing the national uniform for obvious reasons.
You have a picture of General Bergonzoli taken when he was commander of the italian armoured unit during the Spanish civil war.
I hope it's help.

[Lornito Uriarte Mahinay Jr.]

The first picture! When it was taken? After his capture by the British?

[Spirow Ewes]

Yes Baron, that's correct.

[Lornito Uriarte Mahinay Jr.]

Seems he was weak and exhausted. I think when he was captured, he was in smart and clean uniform with polished boots. Was that correct?

[lebel]

Bonsoir
General Bergonzoli , nicknamed "barba elettrica "
his former glorious fame ( WW1- war of spain ) did not resist to lybian campaign !
after escaping Bardia , he was taken prisoner by british in Tobrouk and finished war as POW , mentally altered , following testimonies ...................died in his bed in 1973