Pietro Belletti (Rocchetta Tanaro, 12 June 1884 – Rome, 3 January 1950) was an Italian general during World War II.
[1][2][3][4][5] With the entry of the Kingdom of Italy into the Second World War, on 10 June 1940, he was promoted to major general on 1 July of the same year and given command of the 15th Infantry Division "Bergamo".
With this division he participated in the invasion of Yugoslavia, in April 1941, and then remained in Croatia for occupation duty until February 28, 1942, when he was replaced by General Alessandro Piazzoni.
He was then requested by General Giovanni Messe as commander of the artillery of the 1st Army in Tunisia, where he was taken prisoner on 13 May 1943, when the last Axis forces in North Africa surrendered.
He was then transferred to a generals' POW camp in Wilton Park, England; he was released in 1944, following the Armistice of Cassibile, and returned to Italy, where he became Inspector of the Artillery Corps until 1945, when he was placed on absolute leave.