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Badoglio

American  
[bah-daw-lyaw] / bɑˈdɔ lyɔ /

noun

  1. Pietro 1871–1956, Italian general.


Badoglio British  
/ baˈdɔʎʎo /

noun

  1. 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

Mr. Badoglio, who wrote horoscopes for the Italian newspaper La Nazione and the gossip magazine Chi, also aided Federico Fellini, in whose service he beseeched cemetery-dwelling spirits to bless the set of “Satyricon.”

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

The Italians under Marshal Badoglio maintained that the 82nd could capture Rome by making a surprise landing.

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