Alberto Cavaciocchi

Alberto Cavaciocchi (31 January 1862 - 3 May 1925) was an Italian general and military historian.

[1] He later enrolled at the Turin War School, being promoted to the rank of captain in 1888.

[1] During World War I, after some brilliant operations, he was involved in the disastrous Italian defeat in the Battle of Caporetto, when the IV Army Corps he commanded rapidly collapsed.

[1] In 1919 the Ministerial Commission of Enquiry established by Francesco Saverio Nitti considered him as one of the most responsible of the defeat and forced him to retire.

[1] Between 1906 and 1910 he was chief of the Italian Army History Office, and during this time he oversaw the publication of the official reports of the Risorgimento campaigns and the creation of the journal Memorie storiche militari ("Military Historical Memoirs").