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Italo Balbo
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It is catalogued under topics including 1896 births, 1940 deaths and Anti-Nazism in Italy.
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Key facts
- Monarch
- Victor Emmanuel III
- Prime minister
- Benito Mussolini
- Preceded by
- Office created
- Succeeded by
- Rodolfo Graziani
- Constituency
- Emilia-Romagna
- Born
- ( 1896-06-06 ) 6 June 1896, Ferrara , Kingdom of Italy
- Died
- 28 June 1940 (1940-06-28) (aged 44), Tobruk , Italian Libya
- Party
- Italian Fasces of Combat , (1919–1921), National Fascist Party , (1921–1940)
- Height
- 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
- Spouse
- Emanuela Florio ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1924 )
- Allegiance
- Kingdom of Italy
- Branch service
- MVSN , Regia Aeronautica
- Years of service
- 1915–1940
- Rank
- Maresciallo dell'Aria ( Marshal of the Air Force )
- Battles wars
- World War I : Italian Front World War II : North African campaign
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Quartesana
- Place of death
- Tobruk
- Political party
- National Fascist Party
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Religion
- deism
- Academic degree
- laurea
- Conflict
- North African campaign
- Military branch
- aviation
- Image
- Italo Balbo.jpg
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- Commons category
- Italo Balbo
- date of death
- 1940-06-28
- date of birth
- 1896-01-01
- name in native language
- Italo Balbo
- birth name
- Italo Balbo
- place of burial
- Orbetello
- military casualty classification
- killed in action
- member of
- Grand Council of Fascism
- allegiance
- Kingdom of Italy
- start of work period
- 1915-00-00
- end of work period
- 1940-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Italo Balbo (6 June 1896 – 28 June 1940) was an Italian fascist politician and Blackshirts' leader who served as Italy's Marshal of the Air Force, Governor-General of Italian Libya and Commander-in-Chief of Italian North Africa. Due to his young age, he was sometimes seen as a possible successor to dictator Benito Mussolini.
After serving in World War I, Balbo became the leading Fascist party organizer in his home region of Ferrara. He was one of the Quadrumvirs, the four principal architects (Quadrumviri del Fascismo) of the March on Rome that brought Mussolini and the Fascists to power in 1922, along with Michele Bianchi, Emilio De Bono and Cesare Maria De Vecchi. In 1926, he began the task of building the Italian Royal Air Force and took a leading role in popularizing aviation in Italy, and promoting Italian aviation to the world. In 1933, perhaps to relieve tensions surrounding him in Italy, he was given the task of governing Italian Libya, where he resided for the remainder of his life. Balbo, hostile to antisemitism, was among a minority of leading Fascists to oppose Mussolini's alliance with Nazi Germany. Early in World War II, he was killed by friendly fire when his plane was shot down over Tobruk by Italian anti-aircraft guns who misidentified it.
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