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command, demanding the delivery of the submarines, but obtained a refusal. The German command initially allowed the submarines in Gdansk to remain in
Italian hands, flying the Italian flags, but on September 19 the boats were formally returned to the Kriegsmarine, while the crews, gathered on board
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Italian ports, but he was subjected to an 'epuration' process and had to leave the military, demoted to the rank of lieutenant. He was subsequently reinstated in his former rank following a decision of a commission chaired by Admiral
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on 8 September 1943. On the evening of that day, he was in Danzig for a dinner with the
Italian consul, and was temporarily holding command of Submarine Group "S", when the Group Command was informed of the armistice by an
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and decided to join the flotilla, which had suffered heavy losses in the attack on Malta. It was then decided to modify
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Martinelli, ”Breve sogno". Gli ultimi della Decima MAS. Storie di vita, 1943-1945, p. 53.
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Franco
Martinelli, ”Breve sogno". Gli ultimi della Decima MAS. Storie di vita, 1943-1945, p. 28.
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Martinelli, ”Breve sogno". Gli ultimi della Decima MAS. Storie di vita, 1943-1945, p. 27.
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Franco
Martinelli, ”Breve sogno". Gli ultimi della Decima MAS. Storie di vita, 1943-1945, p. 24.
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Franco Martinelli, ”Breve sogno". Gli ultimi della Decima MAS. Storie di vita, 1943-1945, p. 23.
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Franco Martinelli, ”Breve sogno". Gli ultimi della Decima MAS. Storie di vita, 1943-1945, p. 5.
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for submarine command training. On 19 January 1941 he was given command of the submarine
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where he became one of Borghese's right hand men. He was appointed head of the
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L'organizzazione militare della RSI: sul finire della seconda guerra mondiale
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Mario Rossetto, I sommergibili classe “S”, in Storia Militare, nº 11, p. 32.
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Mario Rossetto, I sommergibili classe “S”, in Storia Militare, nº 11, p. 31.
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Mario Rossetto, I sommergibili classe “S”, in Storia Militare, nº 11, p. 28.
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