Gustavo Pesenti

Gustavo PesentiGustavo Pesenti (January 15, 1878 – January 18, 1960) was an Italian general. He was Italian colonial governor of Somaliland.

Biography He was a knight of the Military Order of Savoy. He was a recipient of the Bronze Medal of Military Valor. He fought in the Italo-Turkish War, World War I and Second Italo-Ethiopian War.

From June 1940 to December 1940 he was Governor of Somalia. He was in good relationship with the British and did not want to do war against them.

Military Service:

1925-03-11 – 1925-12-XX Commanding Officer Agedabia Military Zone [North Africa] 1928-XX-XX – 1929-XX-XX Commanding Officer Royal Colonial Troop Corps Somalia 1929-04-01 – 1933-01-31 Commanding Officer 7th Alpine Regiment 1933-XX-XX Inspector of Mobilization, Territorial Military Division Imperia 1933-XX-XX – 1934-XX-XX Commanding Officer 4th Alpine Brigade 1934-XX-XX General Officer Commanding 4th Higher Alpine Command 1934-XX-XX General Officer Commanding 4th Higher Alpine Command "Cuneense" 1935-XX-XX – 1936-XX-XX Commanding Officer 4th Eritreran Brigade [East Africa] 1936-XX-XX General Officer Commanding 1st Eritrean Division [East Africa] 1937-XX-XX – 1938-09-01 General Officer Commanding Firenze Territorial Defence Command 1938-09-01 – Attached to the Ministry of Italian Africa 1940-06-11 – 1940-12-31 Acting Governor of Somaliland– 1941-02-01 Attached to the Ministry of Italian Africa 1941-02-01 – Attached to the Ministry of War 1942-01-15 Retired

Publications Canti e ritmi arabici, somalici e suhaili, Bollettino della Reale Società Geografica Italiana, 1910. Di alcuni canti arabici e somalici, Bollettino della Reale Società Geografica Italiana, 1912. I canti del “Dikir”, Bollettino della Reale Sociatà Geografica Italiana, 1916. Canti sacri e profani: danze e ritmi degli Arabi dei Somali e dei Suhaili, L'eroica, Milano, 1929. Il maresciallo Cadorna condottiero ed animatore del primo esercito nazionale, Regia Stamperia della colonia, Mogadiscio, 1929. La musica è mediterranea, L'Eroica, Milano, 1932. Danane : nella Somàlia italiano: nel XXV anniversario del combattimento (9-10 febbraio 1907), L'Eroica, Milano, 1932. In Palestina e in Siria durante e dopo la Grande Guerra, L'Eroica, Milano, 1932. La Prima Divisione Eritrea alla battaglia dell'Ascianghi, L'Eroica, Milano, 1937. L'Islam in occidente, L'Eroica, Milano, 1938. La svastica infranta: Note e considerazioni sul defunto III Reich, Bertello, 1945 La muraglia blindata, Bertello, 1947. Le guerre coloniali, N. Zanichelli, Bologna, 1947. Alla scoperta del continente nero, Demos, Genova, 1950. Fronte Kenya (la guerra in A. O. I.-1940-41), Bertello, 1953.