Federico Ferrari Orsi

General Federico Ferrari-Orsi

Federico Ferrari Orsi (Rivoli, Piedmont 18 December 1886 – Egypt, 18 October 1942) was a general in the Royal Italian Army during World War II.

He was one of the founders of Torino Football Club and played as a defender in the 1907 season.
He fought in the Italian-Turkish War and the first World War.

In 1940 he was a Divisional General and commanded the 1st Cavalry Division Eugenio di Savoia. In April 1941, during the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, he commanded the Celere Corps. [1]
In the summer of 1942, he was sent to North Africa to command the Italian X Corps. He was killed by a landmine just before the Second Battle of El Alamein.

Notes

  1. ↑ Nafziger 1997, pp. 1–7.

References

  • Nafziger, George (1997). "Italian 2nd & 9th Army – Invasion of Yugoslavia – 5 April 1941" (PDF). Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
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