Brunetto Brunetti

Brunetto Brunetti (Pesaro, 25 November 1887 – Rome, 5 April 1947) was an Italian general during World War II. He was Commander-General of the Carabinieri from 1945 to 1947.

Biography

A cadet in the Military Academy of Artillery and Engineers of Turin since November 1905, Brunetti was commissioned as artillery second lieutenant on August 3, 1908. On 12 August 1910 he was promoted to lieutenant in the 13th Field Artillery Regiment, and fought in the Italo-Turkish War and then, with the ranks of captain and later major in the Great War. He attended the War School and was later assigned to the Central Artillery School, being promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1926.

On 3 July 1935 he was promoted to colonel and assumed command of the 22nd Artillery Regiment in Sicily; in 1937 he became commander of the Application School of Artillery and Engineers and on 30 June 1939 he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general. He commanded the artillery of the Palermo Corps and then of the XII Corps, and from 1 May to 5 October 1942 he was in command of the 28th Infantry Division Aosta, stationed in Sicily.

He died in office on 5 April 1947, following a sudden illness, and was buried in Civitavecchia.