Giorgio Galletti
Italian military officer (1901–1983)
Giorgio Galletti (Rome, 6 August 1901 – Bangkok, 1 February 1983) was an Italian rear admiral and a knight official of the military orders of Order of the Crown of Italy and the Order of the Star of Italy. He is most widely known for his role in the Japanese-Italian War.
Biography
He was born on 6 August 1901 in Rome. He would go on to be admitted in the Italian Naval Academy of Livorno in 1914 (aged 13). Between 1915 and 1916, despite being 14-15 years old, and having no significant rank as of yet, he participated in World War I on the Italian corvette Flavio Gioia. He would be given the rank of midshipman in 1919 (aged 18). He was given the rank of second lieutenant during the Italian Somali Wars, where he fought under general Arimondi and major Toselli. He was later given the command of the Italian navy in Somalia between 1933 and 1935, and also the command of the Italian destroyer Strale (1931). In 1937 he was sent to China for the very first time as a frigate captain, before being sent back to the Kingdom of Italy in order to work for the Servizio Informazioni dello Stato Maggiore Marina. He would return in China and be stationed in Nanking from 1 October 1941 up until 8 September 1943, with the rank of vessel captain being assigned to him in 1942.
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