Giuseppe Manfredi (admiral)

Giuseppe Manfredi
Born	(1897-07-12)12 July 1897 Pieve di Teco, Kingdom of Italy
Died	29 January 1979(1979-01-29) (aged 81) Genoa, Italy
Allegiance	Kingdom of Italy  Italy
Service / branch	Regia Marina  Italian Navy
Rank	Fleet Admiral
Commands	Ermanno Carlotto (gunboat) Nazario Sauro (destroyer) Francesco Nullo (destroyer) Leone (destroyer) Alberico Da Barbiano (light cruiser) Gorizia (heavy cruiser) Benghazi Naval Command Trapani Naval Fortress Area Taranto Naval Command 2nd Naval Division Naval Department of La Spezia Fleet Commander-in-Chief
Battles / wars	Italo-Turkish War World War I Second Italo-Ethiopian War World War II Battle of Punta Stilo Battle of Cape Spartivento North African campaign Allied invasion of Sicily
Awards	Silver Medal of Military Valor Bronze Medal of Military Valor (three times) War Cross for Military Valor War Merit Cross (four times) Military Order of Savoy Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus Order of the Crown of Italy Colonial Order of the Star of Italy Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Iron Cross First Class Iron Cross Second Class

Giuseppe Manfredi (Pieve di Teco, 12 July 1897 – Genoa, 29 January 1979) was an admiral in the Regia Marina during World War II and in the postwar Marina Militare, where he rose to the post of commander-in-chief of the fleet.