Rodolfo Graziani (HM6)

Rodolfo Graziani, 1st Marquis of Neghelli (* August 11th, 1882 in Filettino, Province of Frosinone) is an Italian officer (currently Marshall), fascist Politician and writer.
In the First World War, he rose to become the youngest colonel of the royal Italian army. Later, he also participated in Italy's colonial wars of conquest and colonization in (1922–32) and (1935–37). He was promoted to General and finally Marshall and has become an Icon of the fascist Regime. Among the underyoked people of Northern and Eastern Africa however, Graziani gained a reputation as a „butcher“, who was mainly responsible for Massacres, chemical warfare, death marches, Deportations, and concentration camps.
In November 1939, after the start of , appointed Graziani new Chief of Staff of the army. Like , his rival and Carlo Favagrossa, he was against joining the war, but couldn't prevent this at the end.
The fascist Regime celebrates him as a Hero, to which he too contributes with his Books like Pace romana in Libia („Roman peace in Libya“, 1937).
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