Pietro Badoglio Biography and Timeline

Armistice Delegation

Appointed to head the Italian Armistice Delegation

Armistice Delegation

Appointed to head the Italian Armistice Delegation

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1918-1919

Chief of Staff

Appointed General

Ambassador

Appointed Ambassador of Brazil

Role range: 1924-1924

Chief of Staff

Appointed Chief-of General Staff

Field Marshal

Appointed Field Marshal

Governor

Appointed Governor of Libya

Role range: 1928-1933

Invasion of Abyssinia

Commands Italian forces during the Abyssinian campaign.

Role range: 1935-1936

Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander in Chief, Italian Forces

Role range: 1933-1936 – 1936-1940

Viceroy

Appointed Viceroy of Ethiopia

Role range: 1933-1936 – 1936-1940

Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander in Chief, Italian Forces

Viceroy

Appointed Viceroy of Ethiopia

Peerage

Created Duke of Addis Ababa

Chief of Staff

Appointed Chief of Staff

Resignation of Pietro Badoglio

Resigns after Italy's failure in Abysinnia

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1940

Chief of Staff

Appointed Chief of Staff

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1940

Resignation of Pietro Badoglio

Resigns after the disastrous campaign in Greece

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1936-1940

Prime Minister of Italy

King Victor Emmanuel III appoints Marshal Pietro Badoglio Prime Minister after dismissing Benito Mussolini.

Role range: 1943-1944

Fascist Party Dissolved

Oversees the dissolution of the National Fascist Party after the fall of Mussolini.

Role range: 1943-1944

New Cabinet

Completes formation of a non-party cabinet of soldiers, officials and technocrats after Mussolini's dismissal.

Role range: 1943-1944

Secret Armistice Contacts

Authorizes secret contacts with the Allies while publicly maintaining that Italy remains at war.

Role range: 1943-1944

Armistice Approval

Authorizes acceptance of the Allied short armistice terms and empowers Castellano to sign them.

Role range: 1943-1944

Armistice Signed

Authorizes General Giuseppe Castellano to sign the military armistice with the Allies at Cassibile.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1943-1944

Armistice Broadcast

Broadcasts the armistice announcement to the Italian people after the Allied declaration becomes public.

Role range: 1943-1944

Armistice Announced

Broadcasts the announcement that Italy has accepted an armistice with the Allied powers.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1943-1944

Allied Landing at Salerno

Leads the royal government as Allied forces land at Salerno during the opening of the mainland Italian campaign.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1943-1944

Flight from Rome

Leaves Rome with the King and senior officials as German forces move to seize the capital.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1943-1944

German Occupation of Rome

Loses control of Rome as German forces overcome Italian resistance following the armistice announcement.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1943-1944

Royal Government Re-established

Re-establishes functioning royal authority from Brindisi in territory controlled by Italian and Allied forces.

Role range: 1943-1944

German Occupation of Central and Northern Italy

Leads the royal government after German forces rapidly occupy most of central and northern Italy.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1943-1944

Government at Brindisi

Re-establishes the royal Italian government in Allied-controlled southern Italy after leaving Rome.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1943-1944

Allied Entry into Naples

Leads the southern government as Allied forces enter Naples after the German withdrawal and local uprising.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1943-1944

Co-belligerent Policy

Commits the royal government to active military cooperation with the Allies against Germany.

Role range: 1943-1944

Declaration of War on Germany

Announces Italy's declaration of war on Germany, establishing the royal government as an Allied co-belligerent.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1943-1944

Italy Becomes Co-belligerent

Secures Allied acceptance of active Italian cooperation against Germany after declaring war.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1943-1944

Government Administration in the South

Reorganizes ministries and administration in southern Italy under Allied supervision.

Role range: 1943-1944

Italian Cooperation with Allies

Begins providing military and logistical cooperation to Allied forces operating in Italy.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1943-1944

Peace

Calls for an armistice with the Allies

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1943-1944

Treaty of Surrender

Signs the Italian Treaty of unconditional surrender to the Allies

Role range: 1939-1945