Ubaldo Soddu

Army General Ubaldo Soddu
Soddu in 1940
Born	(1883-07-23)23 July 1883 Salerno, Italy
Died	25 July 1949(1949-07-25) (aged 66) Rome, Italy
Allegiance	Kingdom of Italy (1904–1944) Italian Social Republic (1944–1945)
Service / branch	Royal Italian Army
Years of service	1904–1941
Rank	Army general
Commands	III Battalion, 52nd Infantry Regiment 89th Infantry Regiment "Salerno" Central Infantry School 21st Infantry Division "Granatieri di Sardegna" Albanian Army Corps Command Higher Forces Command Albania (XXVI Army Corps)
Battles / wars	Italo-Turkish War World War I Italian front Isonzo Second Piave River Vittorio Veneto Western Front World War II Greco-Italian War Battle of Morava–Ivan

Ubaldo Soddu (23 July 1883, Salerno – 25 July 1949, Rome) was an Italian general and politician who held the position of Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army and Undersecretary of State for War during the initial phases of World War II. On 13 June 1940, immediately after the outbreak of hostilities with France and the United Kingdom, he assumed the position of deputy chief of the General Staff. Promoted to army general, he replaced general Sebastiano Visconti Prasca as commander of the Albanian Higher Troop Command during the Greco-Italian War on 8 November 1940. Because of the defeat Italian troops suffered between 22 and 23 November 1940, he was replaced after four weeks in command by the Italian Royal Army's chief of staff, General Ugo Cavallero.