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In 1942, Lombardi was appointed
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and then, from 1932 to 1935, he served as naval attaché in
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591:Naval Command (Marimorea), headquartered in
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706:Dizionario Biografico Uomini della Marina.
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483:and later, between 1935 and 1937, the
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429:, he participated in the landing at
565:during an escort mission to Libya.
460:, Lombardi became commander of the
435:the crisis between Italy and Greece
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558:Luigi di Savoia Duca degli Abruzzi
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537:. For about a year he headed the
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473:. He then commanded the cruiser
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469:and of the Naval High Command
395:Silver Medal of Military Valor
313:Silver Medal of Military Valor
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544:Servizio Informazioni Segrete
501:. In 1938 he was promoted to
423:War Cross for Military Valor
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319:War Cross for Military Valor
404:Lombardi, with the rank of
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635:in 1952. He then moved to
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139:Ammiraglio di Divisione
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243:Naval Command Western
766:Giuseppe Fioravanzo,
753:Giuseppe Fioravanzo,
740:Giuseppe Fioravanzo,
639:, where he served as
358:Italian Naval Academy
344:Early life and career
127:Years of service
555:, the light cruiser
539:intelligence service
507:La Spezia Naval Base
427:lieutenant commander
217:La Spezia Naval Base
816:People from Dronero
578:Operation Agreement
456:After promotion to
368:. With the rank of
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178:High Naval Command
234:8th Naval Division
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410:executive officer
374:Italo-Turkish war
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791:1978 deaths
786:1886 births
443:Luca Tarigo
402:World War I
265:World War I
156:Luca Tarigo
48:11 May 1886
780:Categories
511:Dodecanese
406:lieutenant
386:battleship
226:Dodecanese
222:Aegean Sea
89:Allegiance
44:1886-05-11
757:, p. 218.
651:in 1978.
637:Argentina
439:commander
414:destroyer
160:destroyer
130:1905–1946
770:, p. 219
621:Red Army
613:Schokken
609:POW camp
595:. After
553:flagship
492:and the
471:Far East
451:Portugal
348:Born in
334:Giuseppe
180:Far East
150:Commands
107:Service/
55:Piedmont
645:Tucuman
633:admiral
627:Postwar
513:, with
489:Bolzano
481:Red Sea
458:captain
433:during
412:of the
400:During
390:Sicilia
382:landing
378:Tripoli
362:Livorno
350:Dronero
198:Bolzano
51:Dronero
641:consul
617:Poland
593:Patras
589:Greece
574:Tobruk
519:Rhodes
466:Quarto
408:, was
366:ensign
307:Awards
245:Greece
168:Quarto
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109:branch
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79:Latium
655:Notes
615:, in
570:Libya
447:Spain
431:Corfu
239:Libya
83:Italy
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649:Rome
476:Bari
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186:Bari
135:Rank
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65:Died
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