Gustavo Pesenti
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Gustavo Pesenti (January 15, 1878 – January 18, 1960) was an Italian general. He was Italian colonial governor of Somaliland.
He was a knight of the Military Order of Savoy. He was a recipient of the Bronze Medal of Military Valor. He fought in the Italo-Turkish War, World War I and Second Italo-Ethiopian War.[1]
From June 1940 to December 1940 he was Governor of Somalia. He was in good relationship with the British and did not want to do war against them.
Military Service:
- 1925-03-11 – 1925-12-XX Commanding Officer Agedabia Military Zone [North Africa]
- 1928-XX-XX – 1929-XX-XX Commanding Officer Royal Colonial Troop Corps Somalia
- 1929-04-01 – 1933-01-31 Commanding Officer 7th Alpine Regiment
- 1933-XX-XX Inspector of Mobilization, Territorial Military Division Imperia
- 1933-XX-XX – 1934-XX-XX Commanding Officer 4th Alpine Brigade
- 1934-XX-XX General Officer Commanding 4th Higher Alpine Command
- 1934-XX-XX General Officer Commanding 4th Higher Alpine Command "Cuneense"
- 1935-XX-XX – 1936-XX-XX Commanding Officer 4th Eritreran Brigade [East Africa]
- 1936-XX-XX General Officer Commanding 1st Eritrean Division [East Africa]
- 1937-XX-XX – 1938-09-01 General Officer Commanding Firenze Territorial Defence Command
- 1938-09-01 – Attached to the Ministry of Italian Africa
- 1940-06-11 – 1940-12-31 Acting Governor of Somaliland– 1941-02-01 Attached to the Ministry of Italian Africa
- 1941-02-01 – Attached to the Ministry of War
- 1942-01-15 Retired
Publications
- Canti e ritmi arabici, somalici e suhaili, Bollettino della Reale Società Geografica Italiana, 1910.[1]
- Di alcuni canti arabici e somalici, Bollettino della Reale Società Geografica Italiana, 1912.[1]
- I canti del “Dikir”, Bollettino della Reale Sociatà Geografica Italiana, 1916.[1]
- Canti sacri e profani: danze e ritmi degli Arabi dei Somali e dei Suhaili, L'eroica, Milano, 1929.[1]
- Il maresciallo Cadorna condottiero ed animatore del primo esercito nazionale, Regia Stamperia della colonia, Mogadiscio, 1929.
- La musica è mediterranea, L'Eroica, Milano, 1932.[1]
- Danane : nella Somàlia italiano: nel XXV anniversario del combattimento (9-10 febbraio 1907), L'Eroica, Milano, 1932.
- In Palestina e in Siria durante e dopo la Grande Guerra, L'Eroica, Milano, 1932.
- La Prima Divisione Eritrea alla battaglia dell'Ascianghi, L'Eroica, Milano, 1937.
- L'Islam in occidente, L'Eroica, Milano, 1938.
- La svastica infranta: Note e considerazioni sul defunto III Reich, Bertello, 1945
- La muraglia blindata, Bertello, 1947.
- Le guerre coloniali, N. Zanichelli, Bologna, 1947.
- Alla scoperta del continente nero, Demos, Genova, 1950.
- Fronte Kenya (la guerra in A. O. I.-1940-41), Bertello, 1953.
