Italo Balbo

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Fascist leader Italian politician aviation pioneer colonial governor human military officer

Italo Balbo was a prominent Italian Fascist leader and aviation pioneer who served as one of Benito Mussolini’s key lieutenants and helped build Italy’s air force into a major military arm.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Fascist leader → Italian politician → aviation pioneer → colonial governor → human → military officer →
allegiance	Kingdom of Italy →
causeOfDeath	aircraft shot down → friendly fire →
citizenship	Kingdom of Italy →
countryOfBirth	Italy →
countryOfDeath	Libya →
dateOfBirth	1896-06-06 →
dateOfDeath	1940-06-28 →
ethnicGroup	Italian →
familyName	Balbo →
fullName	Italo Balbo →
givenName	Italo →
governedTerritory	Italian Libya →
helpedBuild	Regia Aeronautica →
ideology	Italian Fascism →
knownAs	one of Mussolini’s key lieutenants →
knownFor	Chicago flight of 1933 → mass seaplane flights between Italy and the Americas →
languageSpoken	Italian →
militaryBranch	Regia Aeronautica →
militaryConflict	North African campaign of World War II →
militaryRank	Air Marshal →
notableFor	development of Italian military aviation → mass transatlantic formation flights → role in the rise of Italian Fascism →
occupation	aviator → journalist → military commander → politician →
participatedIn	March on Rome → World War I → World War II →
placeOfBirth	Ferrara →
placeOfDeath	near Tobruk →
politicalAffiliation	National Fascist Party →
positionHeld	Commander-in-chief of Italian North Africa → Governor-General of Italian Libya → Minister of Air of the Kingdom of Italy → Quadrumvir of the March on Rome → member of the Grand Council of Fascism →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
servedUnder	Benito Mussolini →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Italo Balbo →	fullName
Regia Aeronautica →	notableCommander
National Fascist Party →	notableLeader
March on Rome →	significantPerson