Ernesto Giulio Cappa (18 February 1888, in Dogliani – 27 January 1957, in Cuneo) was an Italian general during World War II.

From October 1931 to May 1933 he served in the General Staff in Rome as Head of the Mobilization Office, and from May 1933 to September 1937 he commander of the 91st Infantry Regiment "Basilicata", being promoted to colonel.

In 1942 he was promoted to Major General, and on 25 May 1943 he assumed command of the 7th Infantry Division "Lupi di Toscana", stationed in southern France.

After complying with the orders, ensuring that his troops lay down their arms but without being imprisoned by the Germans, he returned to his native Piedmont, where he refused to join the Italian Social Republic and maintained close contacts with the National Liberation Committee.

[8][9][10] After the war, in 1947 he held the territorial command of Udine and then that of Padua, presiding over the reorganization of Army forces in Veneto and along the new border with Yugoslavia; for his work he was granted honorary citizenship by Gorizia.