Giuseppe Fioravanzo
| Giuseppe Fioravanzo | |
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| Born |
14 August 1891 Monselice (Padua) |
| Died | 18 March 1975 (aged 83) Rome |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of Italy Italy
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| Service/branch |
 Regia Marina Marina Militare
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| Years of service | 1912-1959 |
| Rank | Ammiraglio di Squadra (Vice Admiral) |
| Unit | 97/bis battery |
| Commands held | Calliope torpedo boat, Armando Diaz light cruiser, Regia Marina Staff, 9 Naval Division, 5 Naval Division, 8th Naval Division, Taranto military commander and prefect. |
| Battles/wars | Italo-Turkish War, First World War, Spanish Civil War, Second World War, Battle of Cape Matapan (1941), Battle of Mid-June (1942), Italian Campaign. |
| Awards | Silver Medal of Military Valor, Croce di Guerra (twice), Commemorative Italian-Austrian war medal, Inter-allied Victory medal, Medal of the Unification of Italy, Military Order of Italy, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic |
| Other work | author, historian, director of Italian Navy Historical Office |
Giuseppe Fioravanzo (14 August 1891 – 18 March 1975) was an Italian admiral.
Giuseppe Fioravanzo was one of the "intellectuals" of the Regia Marina; together with admirals Bernotti and Di Giamberardino he was one of the main authors of the development of Italian naval doctrine between the two World Wars. After serving with distinction in the Italo-Turkish War and the First World War, from the 1920s he started his activity as a naval theorist and writer besides continuing his military career. During the Second World War, having been promoted to Divisional Admiral, he held important commitments, both operational and related to General Staff. After the war he directed the Historical Office of the Italian Navy for many years.
He was born in Monselice, a town about 20 km southeast of Padua in north-east Italy, although the family, of noble heritage, hailed from Florence.
He entered the Italian Naval Academy in 1909 and graduated as a guardiamarina (Sub-lieutenant) in 1912.
He was still a cadet when he participated in the Italo-Turkish War aboard the battleship Benedetto Brin.
He took part to the First World War in the northern Adriatic Sea in the Raggruppamento Marina (Navy Group). The first nucleus of the Group was formed by crewmen of the Amalfi cruiser after its sinking in July 1915. The crew manned gun batteries of mixed calibers that engaged the enemy on the sea frontline.
Fioravanzo commanded one of the 152-mm batteries and distinguished himself, along with a fellow soldier equal in rank named Parona, on 15 and 16 May 1916 in engaging Austrian-Hungarian forces near Duino and hindering their advance towards Monfalcone. In July Fioravanzo's battery (numbered 97 bis) was transferred near Monfalcone to be deployed against Monte San Michele for use in the planned battle for the conquest of Gorizia. Later on it was moved back to Punta Sdobba.
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