1. Gastone Gambara was an Italian General who participated in World War I and World War II.
13 Facts About Gastone Gambara
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Gastone Gambara excelled during the Italian intervention in favor of the nationalists in the Spanish Civil War.
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Gastone Gambara was the chief of staff to Bastico during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.
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Gastone Gambara was promoted to the rank of colonel in February 1937.
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Gastone Gambara was commander-in-chief of the Cuerpo de Ejercito Legionario during the Catalonia Offensive, and the final offensive of the Spanish Civil War.
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Gastone Gambara was Italian ambassador to Spain from 1938 to 1940.
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Gastone Gambara commanded the XV Army Corps during the battle of France and the VIII Army Corps during the Greco-Italian War.
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On March 3,1942, Gastone Gambara was replaced as Chief of Staff of the High Command in North Africa by lieutenant general Curio Barbasetti di Prun.
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From December 1942 Gastone Gambara commanded the XI Army Corps, which was involved in anti-partisan operations and brutal repression of the population in Slovenia.
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Gastone Gambara was perfectly aware of the situation, but nevertheless thought it could be an advantage.
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On May 14,1944, Gastone Gambara fell ill and Archimede Mischi was chosen to replace him.
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Gastone Gambara returned to Italy and was reinstated in the Italian Army in 1952.
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Gastone Gambara's name appears in the CROWCASS wanted list compiled by the Allies in 1947.