  pietro badoglio, 1st duke of addis abeba, 1st marquess of sabotino (; 28 september 1871 â 1 november 1956) was an italian general during both world wars and a prime minister of italy, as well as the first viceroy of italian east africa. ==early italian colonial wars in africa==  after studying at the military academy in turin, he served with the italian army from 1892, at first as a lieutenant (tenente) in artillery, taking part in the early italian colonial wars in eritrea (1896), and in libya (1912). ==world war i== at the beginning of italian participation in world war i, he was a lieutenant colonel (tenente colonnello); he rose to the rank of general following his handling of the capture of monte sabotino in may 1916 and by the late months of 1917 (mostly thanks to his masonic contacts, including his superior, general capello) was named as vice chief-of-staff (sottocapo di stato maggiore) despite being one of the main leaders responsible for the disaster during the battle of caporetto on 24 october 1917. with regard to the battle of caporetto, although he was blamed in various quarters for his disposition of the forces under his command before the battle, a commission of inquiry rejected most of the criticisms made upon him. in the years after world war i, in which he held several high ranks in the italian army, badoglio exerted a constant effort in modifying official documents in order to hide his role in the defeat. ==italian invasion of libya==  post-war, badoglio was named as a senator, but also remained in the army with special assignments to [[r
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