Giuseppe Perotti (16 June 1895 – 5 April 1944) was an Italian general and Resistance member in World War II.

Born in Turin to a railway official, after completing higher studies in physics and mathematics Perotti entered the Military Academy of Artillery and Engineers in his hometown, where he graduated second in his course.

He then participated in the First World War with the rank of second lieutenant in the mining units of the engineering corps of the Royal Italian Army.

[1][2][3] During the retreat that followed the battle of Caporetto he was entrusted with the task of blowing up the bridges over the Piave river, for which he was awarded a Bronze Medal of Military Valor and promotion to captain for war merits.

[22][23][24][25] Between 2 and 3 April 1944 he was tried and sentenced to death by the Special Tribunal for the Defense of the State, and on 5 April 1944 he was executed by firing squad by soldiers of the Republican National Guard at the National Martinetto Polygon of Turin, together with Balbis, Braccini, Bevilacqua, Biglieri, Giachino, Giambone, and lieutenant Massimo Montano, another member of the CMRP who had been arrested earlier.