Giuseppe Mancinelli (general)

Giuseppe Mancinelli
Born	1895 (1895) Urbino, Italy
Died	1976 (aged 80–81) Rome
Allegiance	Italy
Service / branch	Italian Army
Years of service	1912 - 1959
Rank	Tenente Generale
Commands	Chief of the Defence Staff Chairman of the NATO Chief of Staffs' Committee
Battles / wars	World War I World War II North African Campaign
Awards	Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

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General Giuseppe Mancinelli (1895–1976) was Chief of the Italian Defence Staff from 1954 to 1959 and chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1956 to 1957.^[1]

During World War II he served as Chief of Staff of the liaison office with Panzer Army Africa from March 1942 to January 1943, and Chief of Staff of the First Italian Army in Tunisia, serving under Marshal of Italy Giovanni Messe, from January 1943 until its surrender on 13 May 1943. He was then a prisoner of war in Great Britain until 1944.