Badoglio

American

[bah-daw-lyaw] / bɑˈdɔ ljɔ /

noun

Pietro 1871–1956, Italian general.

Badoglio British

/ baˈdɔʎʎo /

noun

Pietro (ˈpjetro). 1871–1956, Italian marshal; premier (1943–44) following Mussolini's downfall: arranged an armistice with the Allies (1943)

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A government was formed under Marshal Pietro Badoglio, who initiated secret negotiations with the Allies.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

At his popular weekend events in Milan at the Hotel Verdi, Mr. Badoglio — tarot reader, astrologer, fortune teller — threw cards for Franco Moschino and Gianni and Donatella Versace, among others.

From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2021

Mr. Badoglio often tells his clients in the fashion industry to visit the Vienna cemetery where Princess Sissi, the glamorous 19th-century empress of Austria, is buried.

From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2021

Sad-eyed Emperor Haile Selassie preached a little sermon: The Government of Pietro Badoglio squatted on the Italian volcano between the German devil and the deep Allied sea.

From Time Magazine Archive

His successor in chief command of the Italian armies was General Diaz, and under him were to be Generals Badoglio and Giardino.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. by Various

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