Alberto Ferrero (Bricherasio, 27 October 1885 – Turin, 9 March 1969) was an Italian general during World War II.

[3] After a long period of illness, he resumed service at the headquarters of the Army Corps of Turin in 1924; in 1926 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and then transferred to the War School, where he became a teacher.

[5][6] After promotion to brigadier general in 1937 he became acting commander of the 4th Alpine Division "Cuneense" until 9 December 1938, when he was assigned to the Ministry of War.

[9][10][11][12][13] From 5 June 1941 he commanded the Higher Institute of War, and from 18 June 1942 he assumed command of the newly established XXIII Army Corps, stationed in Istria and the Julian March (being promoted to lieutenant general for war merit on 7 December 1942),[14] until the proclamation of the armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943.

[15][16][17][18][19] After the proclamation of the armistice, he rejected offers local anti-Fascist volunteers to fight against the Germans (he claimed that he would have armed them, provided that they fought in uniform, but that both the uniforms and the weapons for them were kept in depots whose keys had been lost), entered into negotiations with the Germans and relocated his headquarters from Trieste, which he deemed indefensible, to Cervignano and later to San Donà di Piave.