Inigo Campioni

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Inigo Campioni was an Italian admiral and naval commander during World War II, known for leading Italian forces in several key Mediterranean operations before being executed by the Italian Social Republic for refusing to collaborate with the Germans.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian admiral
human
naval commander
alignedWith Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED
awardReceived Gold Medal of Military Valor
Silver Medal of Military Valor
Croce di Guerra al Valor Militare
surface form: "War Cross for Military Valor"
burialPlace Viareggio NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath execution by firing squad
commemoratedBy Italian Navy ships named Campioni
commemoratedIn Italian military historiography
conflict World War I
World War II
countryOfBirth Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath Italian Social Republic
dateOfBirth 1878-11-14
dateOfDeath 1944-05-24
educatedAt Italian Naval Academy
surface form: "Italian Naval Academy in Livorno"
era 20th century
familyName Campioni
gender male
givenName Inigo Montoya
surface form: "Inigo"
hasHonorificTitle Admiral Inigo Campioni
surface form: "Admiral Campioni"
hasNationality Italian
legalStatus condemned to death by a military tribunal of the Italian Social Republic
mannerOfDeath execution
memberOf Italian Navy
surface form: "Regia Marina officer corps"
militaryBranch Italian Navy
surface form: "Regia Marina"
militaryRank ammiraglio di squadra
nativeLanguage Italian
notableFor leadership of Italian naval forces in early World War II
refusal to swear allegiance to the Italian Social Republic
notableWork command of Italian naval forces in the Mediterranean during World War II
occupation military officer
opposedTo Italian Social Republic
Nazi Germany
participatedIn Battle of Calabria
Battle of Cape Spartivento
Mediterranean naval operations in World War II
placeOfBirth Viareggio NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Parma NERFINISHED
positionHeld commander of the Italian Aegean forces
commander of the Italian naval forces at Rhodes
governor of the Italian Aegean Islands
reasonForExecution refusal to collaborate with Nazi Germany
refusal to collaborate with the Italian Social Republic
religion Roman Catholicism

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dodecanese campaign alliedCommander Inigo Campioni
Battle of Calabria commander Inigo Campioni

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