A love story set in abyssinia, eritrea and the yemen. Italian spahis military wiki fandom powered by wikia. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. The bande a cavallo were native units that were recruited from italian officers who commanded these units. Following his family tradition of military service, he enrolled in the academy of infantry and cavalry of modena at the age. Amedeo guillet attended the military academy, where he came second lieutenant in 1931, and went immediately volunteer in the spanish civil war as many other italian soldiers while not a fascist, but he went to gain military ranks, gain experience and fight the expansion of communism in europe. Media in category amedeo guillet the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Amedeo guillet a timless italian gentelman by biblioteca. It is a book about a very special person, a true knight of another. Beatrice, who he married in april 1944, was always by his side. Amedeo guillet february 7, 1909 june 16, 2010 was an officer of the italian army. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. Amedeo guillet amedeo guillet, who died on june 16 aged 101, was the italian officer who led the last cavalry charge faced by the british army.
Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. When the great war broke out, iachino embarked on the battleship giulio cesare, on which he remained until 22 june 1917. Amedeo guillet, detto comandante diavolo, ma noto anche con lo pseudonimo di ahmed abdallah al redai in arabo. Together they had four children, maria pia 1934, vittorio emanuele 1937, maria gabriella 1940, and maria beatrice 1943. This is amedeo guillet, il comandante diavolo by michele montonati on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Similarly, all the photographs are from the same two sources. Baron amedeo guillet, the armys devil commander and one of the great protagonists of italian diplomatic history, who served as. Sebastian okelly is a journalist for the mail and telegraph and has amedeo s full cooperation in writing this book. This rai documentary of 2008, described amedeo s decision to return to east africa in 1938.
Amedeo guillet with his orderly of the spahy di lybia, the. In 1934 he was in libya commanding this irregular cavalry. Pronunciation of amedeo guillet with 1 audio pronunciation, 3 translations and more for amedeo guillet. His parents were franca gandolfo and baron alfredo guillet, a colonel in the royal carabinieri. Rip, amedeo guillet aoi if this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. Amedeo guillet, detto comandante diavolo, ma noto anche con lo pseudonimo di. Amedeo guillet with his orderly of the spahy di lybia, the day after the cavalry actions at selaclaca 1936 guillet would later lead the last ever horseback cavalry charge against the british army. Not many know the incredible story of amedeo guillet, italys lawrence of arabia. Amedeo guillet, italian war hero and diplomat, has died aged 101 in italy where he returned in 2009 after spending more than three decades in kentstown, near navan, co meath. Te most famous group of italian spahis was the one of amedeo guillet. Dying at the age of 101, he was one of the last men to have commanded cavalry in war.
Amedeo s guerrilla escapades are rather exaggerated in italy. Back in august 1943, national newspapers serving the new government of marshal piero badoglio revealed clara petaccis relationship with mussolini. Descended from a noble family from piedmont and capua. In 1935, guillet participated with the spahis of libya in the war of ethiopia, where these libyan troops fought bravely. The lieutenant colonel amedeo guillet being photo shooted. He never made any secret to me that his aim was to be a. The other officer, in the dark glasses, is general frusci, amedeo s commander in spain, who had also been transferred to italian east africa. Preface april 21, 2007 general amedeo guillet meets lieutenant general filiberto cecchi, chief of the italian army staff. In 1940, he was tasked to form a gruppo bande a cavallo. They are considered the most important person in history born with the last name of guillet. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses. They disclosed all the benefits she and her family received while acting as mussolinis mistress. Rating is available when the video has been rented. Eritrean italian movie looking for kadija red carpet at the 9th rome film festival looking for kadija leccesette.
On 10 february 2020 the visit of the italian defense committee took place at the italian military support base bmis amedeo gulliet based in. For guillet to be given command of such a force while still only a lieutenant was a singular honour. Amedeo guillet 19092010 has been turned into a public and military hero. He was nicknamed devil commander and was famous during the italian guerrilla war in ethiopia in. The following year he and his libyan spahis took part in the invasion of ethiopia.
This is the story of amedeo guillet an italian calvary officer who was sent out to abyssinia as part of mussolinis army to establish and command a troupe of 2000 spahis or arabic calvary. Amedeo, a true story of love and war in abyssinia, by sebastian okelly, traces a career which quashes the myth that italians are bad soldiers. This is the story of amedeo guillet an italian calvary officer who was sent out to. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. Two books have been written about amedeo guillet, and digests of them, with varying degrees of accuracy, can be found all over the web. This is not a forum for general discussion of the articles subject. Amedeo guillet served as an italian diplomat in egypt, and yemen. This is the story of amedeo guillet an italian calvary officer who was sent out to abyssinia as part of mussolinis army to establish and command a troupe of 2,000 spahis or arabic calvary. In that video, i mentioned one of the tiny states most peculiar residents, and many of you asked me to expand on his life here at biographics. Italian war hero and diplomat made his home in meath. The lieutenant colonel amedeo guillet being photo shooted when he came back to eritrea after 50 years. He also served as italian ambassador to jordan, morocco and finally india until 1975. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app.
Forward cut saddles and a proper modern jumping seat, clearly seen here, were evolved by the italian cavalry in the early 20th century under the great federico caprilli. Eritrean italian movie looking for kadija red carpet at. Dear friends, i have read a wonderful book a few years ago, which i suggested to my son after finding it again in my bookshelf. Amedeo guillet succeeded in recruiting thousands of eritreans. Amedeo guillet and second world war in africa the man on. Here the tall duke of aosta visits amba gheorgis, with the much shorter amedeo guillet standing smartly to attention. At the end of the war, he received the silver medal for. I am talking about father gabriele amorth, the most experienced and prolific exorcist in force at the vatican.
In 1975, amedeo retired in knstown, ireland where he enjoyed the tranquility of the area and his. Amedeo guillet is still alive and living in county meath, ireland. This is a very valuable and absolutely stunning story, beautifully told by okelly. Amedeo guillet, assumes command of the eritrean resistance against the british army. The most badass soldier of all time and a real life action hero duration. Amedeo guillet, italian war hero and diplomat, has died aged 101 in italy where he returned in 2009 after spending.
He picked it up not really convinced hes now quite into fantasy books right now, but listening to my pressing suggestions he started reading it. Italian spahis wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Amedeo is still alive and living in county meath, ireland. This is amedeo guillet, il comandante diavolo by michele montonati on vimeo, the home for high quality videos. In may 1918 he assumed command of the torpedo boat 66 pn, which later in november took part in the raid in pula, where a single italian mas sunk the austrohungarian battleship viribus unitis. At his side kadija, the beautiful daughter of a local chieftain. The defence committee delegation from the house of deputies visited the cimic cell at the amedeo guillet military base in djibouti.
To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. Amedeo guillet continued the excellent tradition of horsemanship of the italian army was excellent. Another great attraction was that the new viceroy in ethiopia was amedeo, duke of aosta, the good looking, charismatic cousin of the king, and a superior well disposed to the guillet family. Amedeo was to be one of his bright young officers, and was given a command at amba gheorgis, on the new road between gondar to asmara. Amedeo by sebastian okelly overdrive rakuten overdrive. The italian officer amedeo guillet commanded a gruppo of spahi irregular cavalry in libya during 1934.
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