Giuseppe Manfredi (admiral)

Giuseppe Manfredi
Giuseppe Manfredi
Born	12 July 1897; Pieve di Teco, Kingdom of Italy
Died	29 January 1979 (aged 81); Genoa, Italy
Allegiance	Kingdom of Italy; Italy
Service/branch	Regia Marina; Italian Navy
Rank	Fleet Admiral
Commands held	Ermanno Carlotto (gunboat); Nazario Sauro (destroyer); Francesco Nullo (destroyer); Leone (destroyer); Alberico Da Barbiano (light cruiser); Gorizia (heavy cruiser); Benghazi Naval Command; Trapani Naval Fortress Area; Taranto Naval Command; 2nd Naval Division; Naval Department of La Spezia; Fleet Commander-in-Chief
Battles/wars	Italo-Turkish War; World War I; Second Italo-Ethiopian War; World War II Battle of Punta Stilo; Battle of Cape Spartivento; North African campaign; Allied invasion of Sicily; ;
Awards	Silver Medal of Military Valor; Bronze Medal of Military Valor (three times); War Cross for Military Valor; War Merit Cross (four times); Military Order of Savoy; Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus; Order of the Crown of Italy; Colonial Order of the Star of Italy; Order of Merit of the Italian Republic; Iron Cross First Class; Iron Cross Second Class;

Giuseppe Manfredi (Pieve di Teco, 12 July 1897 – Genoa, 29 January 1979) was an admiral in the Regia Marina during World War II and in the postwar Marina Militare, where he rose to the post of commander-in-chief of the fleet.

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