Emilio Becuzzi

Machine-translated from the Italian article

Emilio Becuzzi (Livorno, 10 June 1886 – Rome, 26 August 1949) was an Italian general, a veteran of the Italo-Turkish War, the First World War and the Ethiopian War. During the Second World War he was acting commander of the 133rd Armoured Division "Littorio", and subsequently effective commander of the 15th Infantry Division "Bergamo" deployed at Split, in Dalmatia. At the time of the armistice of 8 September 1943 he first attempted to resist the Germans on the basis of the "Memoria OP 44", reaching an agreement of collaboration with the Yugoslav partisans in accordance with orders issued by the commander of the 2nd Army, General Mario Robotti, and the commander of the XVIII Army Corps, General Umberto Spigo.