Giovanni Messe

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Maresciallo d'Italia Giovanni Messe
Giovanni Messe
Chief of the Italian High Command
In office 18 November 1943 – 1 May 1945
Preceded by	Vittorio Ambrosio
Succeeded by	Claudio Trezzani
Personal details
Born	10 December 1883 Mesagne, Kingdom of Italy
Died	18 December 1968(1968-12-18) (aged 85) Rome, Italian Republic
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Italy (1901–1946)  Italian Republic (1946–47)
Branch/service	Royal Italian Army
Years of service	1901–47
Rank	Maresciallo d'Italia
Commands	First Army German-Italian Panzer Army Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia
Battles/wars	Italo-Turkish War World War I Second Italo-Abyssinian War World War II Balkans Campaign (World War II) Greco-Italian War German invasion of Greece Operation Barbarossa Tunisian Campaign Italian Campaign (World War II)

Giovanni Messe (10 December 1883 – 18 December 1968) was an Italian field marshal and politician.^[1] In the Second World War, he was captured in Tunisia but made chief of staff of the Italian Co-belligerent Army after the armistice of September 1943. Later, he was an elected representative in the Italian Senate. He is considered by many to have been the best Italian general of the war.