Overview of the Armando Alleva photograph albums
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Title: Armando Alleva photograph albums
Date (inclusive): 1920s-1941
Collection Number: 2023C33
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Albanian and Italian
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box, 1 oversize box
(1 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Photo albums belonging to General Armando Alleva, Inspector of Military Commissariat 2nd Zone. General Alleva was born October
31, 1881. He was promoted to Brigadier General Commissariat in 1939 and then promoted to Inspector of Military Commissariat
2nd Zone on August 9, 1941.
Creator:
Alleva, Armando, 1881-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2020.
[Identification of item], Armando Alleva photograph albums, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
General Alleva was born October 31, 1881. He was promoted to Brigadier General Commissariat in 1939 and then promoted to Inspector
of Military Commissariat 2nd Zone on August 9, 1941. The 56th Infantry Division Casale was a regular Infantry Division of
the Italian Army during World War II. The Casale Division was sent to Albania in March 1941. Following the Battle of Greece,
it was used as an occupation force in Greece, until it was disbanded after the Italian surrender to the Allies in September
1943. Its men hailed from Romagna.
Scope and Content of Collection
Photographs and albums belonging to General Armando Alleva, Italian Inspector of Military Commissariat, 2nd Zone. Photos show
the commemorations of the 61st Bakers Squad in Albania during the Greco-Italian War of 1940-1941; Alleva's trip to Albania
and Montenegro in March to April, 1941; the aftermath of the Greek bombardment of Tirana and Durazzo; the cities of Alessio,
Berati, Scutari, Peshkopia, Librashi, Antivari, Virpazai, Cettigne, and Bijeca; and studio portraits of Alleva and his family.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Greece
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Albania
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Montenegro
World War, 1939-1945 -- Balkan Peninsula
Generals
Armed Forces
Italy
Photographs
Photograph albums
box 1, folder 1
box 1, folder 2
Studio portraits of Alleva and his family 1920s
box 2
Albania and Montenegro album 1941 March-April