Marshall Graziani / general Ricci ???

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Ostuf Charlemagne
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Marshall Graziani / general Ricci ???

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Post by Ostuf Charlemagne » 13 Feb 2004, 03:57

What happened to Marshall Graziani (War Minister RSI) and Blackshirts general Ricci ,commander of RSI's Republican National Guard ????

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Post by David Thompson » 13 Feb 2004, 05:42

Graziani, Rodolfo (1882-11.1.1955) [Marshal of Italy (Maresciallo d' Italia)] -- Vice-governor of Cyrenaica, Libya 1926-1930; commander, Italian troops in Tripolitania 1928-1930; Governor of Cyrenaica 1930-1934; Italian governor of Somalia 1935-1936; commander, Italian forces on southern Front, Ethiopia Campaign 1935-1936; Viceroy of Ethiopia (Vicere d' Etiopia) 1936-1938; Chief of Staff of the Italian Army 1939-1941; Governor-General of Libya and commander, Italian Forces North Africa, 1940-1941; Minister of Defense (Ministro della Difesa), Italian Social Republic (Repubblica Sociale Italiano - RSI) 1943-1945; commander, Italian Ligurian Army, Social Republic of Italy 1943-1945 {captured by Italian partisans 28 Apr 1945 (NYT 29 Apr 1945:13:1; NYT 1 May 1945:3:1); indicted on treason charges by an Italian court at Rome 20 Jun 1945 (NYT 21 Jun 1945:3:1); trial to resume 11 Oct 1948 after "four trial postponements because of alleged bad health" (NYT 30 Aug 1948:2:2); trial resumed 11 Oct 1948 (NYT 11 Oct 1948:14:3; LT 12 Oct 1948:3f); put on trial at Rome on charges of "'organizing an army of renegades and traitors' and of carrying out reprisals, inflicting terroristic punishments and fighting against Italian patriots" (NYT 12 Oct 1948:13:1; NYT 14 Oct 1948:6:4; LT 13 Oct 1948:4g; LT 15 Oct 1948:3d; LT 16 Oct 1948:3g; LT 18 Oct 1948:3e; LT 23 Oct 1948:3f; LT 26 Oct 1948:3a; LT 28 Oct 1948:3e; LT 3 Nov 1948:3c; LT 4 Nov 1948:3d); trial halted on jurisdictional grounds (LT 3 May 1950:5d); impending trial announced 19 Feb 1950 by Italian authorities (NYT 20 Feb 1950:10:3); put on trial for treason by an Italian military tribunal at Rome 23 Feb 1950 (NYT 24 Feb 1950:5:4; NYT 26 Feb 1950:IV:2:5; NYT 28 Feb 1950:16:3; NYT 11 Mar 1950:3:6; NYT 21 Apr 1950:10:4) convicted and sentenced to 19 years imprisonment 2 May 1950 (NYT 3 May 1950:10:2; LT 3 May 1950:5d; LT 4 May 1950:3e; LT 5 May 1950:3d; LT 3 Jul 1950:5c); released for ill health 29 Aug 1950 (NYT 30 Aug 1950:6:6; LT 19 Aug 1950:3e; LT 30 Aug 1950:3d); died at Rome 11 Jan 1955 (Fascist Italy pps. 261-2; ABR-Italy; Steen Ammentorp, "Generals of WWII: Italian Generals," http://www.generals.dk/Italy.htm).}

As for Ricci, I can't improve on this:
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