The following information provides a snapshot of the career of Archimede MISCHI GENERALE DI CORPO D’ARMATA.
Archimede MISCHI GENERALE DI CORPO D’ARMATA
Born: 26 March 1885 in Forli
Died: 15 August 1970 in Forli
Promotions:
Sottotenente: 14 Sep 1906
Tenente: 14 Sep 1909
Capitano: 1 Jan 1915
Maggiore: 10 Mar 1917
Tenente colonnello: 25 Nov 1917
Colonnello: 2 Feb 1927
Generale di brigata: 20 Jun 1935
Generale di divisione: 25 Nov 1937
Generale di corpo d’armata: 15 Apr 1942
Assignments:
10 Jun 1935 – 25 Sep 1936: Deputy General Officer Commanding, Blackshirt Division “21 Aprile”
25 Sep 1936 – 25 Nov 1937: General Officer Commanding, 6th Blackshirt Division “Tevere”
25 Nov 1937 – 1 Sep 1938: Commanding Officer, 6th Blackshirt Mixed Brigade “Tevere”
May 1939 – 9 Aug 1943: General Officer Commanding, Frontier Militia
9 Aug 1943 – 23 Sep 1943: at the disposal of the General Command of the Militia
23 Sep 1943 – 12 Mar 1944: General Officer Commanding, Carabinieri and President, Commission of the
Revision of the Republican Army
12 Mar 1944 – 25 Apr 1945: Chief of the General Staff of the Army, RSI
Awards & Decorations:
Commendatore dell’Ordine della Corona d’Italia: 10 Feb 1936
Uffiziale dell’Ordine Coloniale dell Stella d’Italia: 24 Oct 1935
Uffiziale dell’Ordine della Corona d’Italia
Cavaliere dell’Ordine Coloniale dell Stella d’Italia: 1 Jun 1933
Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Corona d’Italia: 8 Jul 1917
Medaglia d’argento al valor militare (x4)
Notes:
Graduated from the Royal Military Academy of Infantry and Cavalry in Modena. Attempted suicide on 25 April 1945 by cutting his veins. Hospitalised in a coma, later handed over by the Allies to the Italian authorities. Tried for war crimes and sentenced to 18 years imprisonment on 3 December 1947. Released in January 1950. Exonerated by the Rome Court of Appeal on 3 June 1952. Charges finally quashed on 18 October 1955.
Sources:
Bollettino ufficiale delle nomine, promozioni e destinazioni negli ufficiali e sottufficiali del R. esercito italiano
e nel personale dell’amministrazione militare;
Annuario militare del Regno d’Italia;
http://augusto.agid.gov.it/gazzette/index;
MISCHI, Archimede in “Dizionario Biografico” (treccani.it);
