Giovanni Magli
Giovanni Magli (Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, June 27th, 1884 - Bari, January 28th, 1969) is a general Italy N of the Second world war.
Major general, it orders the Italian troops of occupation of the Corsica in 1943. Corsica is then occupied by approximately: 80000 Italians and: 12000 Germans. September 4th, the Magli general receives the instruction, if it is attacked by the Germans, of to throw outside the armoured brigade S Reichsführer. This order made following the Armistice of September 3rd between Italians and Combined, but this one is still kept secret. For lack of additional precise details, greatest perplexity is spread in the Italian command. During this time, the Germans are reinforced with Bastia to allow the evacuation in Corsica of their troops of Sardinia and try to neutralize the Italian forces. The Magli general opposes and seeks it an agreement with the German general Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin.
September 8th, with the public advertisement of the armistice, the Corsican patriots start the insurrection. The Magli general receives an ultimatum of Paulin Colonna of Istria summoning it to choose his camp After some hesitations, the Magli general will choose to fight beside the resistant ones and of the reinforcements from Africa against the Germans, for the release of Corsica. Nearly 700 Italian will be killed in this operation.
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