Alberto De Agazio

Alberto De Agazio (Messina, 5 September 1888 – Schokken, 1 October 1943) was an Italian general during World War II.

In 1912 he took part in the Italo-Turkish War, and from 1915 to 1918 he fought in the First World War, reaching the rank of major of the 19th Field Artillery Regiment in 1918 and distinguishing himself during the fighting on Monte Asolone and Monte Grappa between December 18, 1917 and on June 15, 1918, for which he was awarded a Silver Medal of Military Valor.

After promotion to lieutenant colonel on 1 December 1926, he was assigned to the Artillery Inspectorate in Rome, staying there for several years He participated in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, commanding the 1st Mobile Artillery Group and distinguishing himself during the battle of the Endertà, for which he obtained promotion to colonel for merits of war, which took place on February 16, 1936, and the title of Knight of the Colonial Order of the Star of Italy.

[3][4] He remained there until the occupation of Albania when, in April 1939, he was assigned as commander of the artillery of the XXVI Army Corps in Tirana.

On 12 September 1943 he was captured by the Germans following the Armistice of Cassibile and transferred to Oflag 64/Z in Schokken, Poland, where he suddenly died of a heart attack on the night of his arrival, on 1 October 1943.