Amedeo Guillet

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Amedeo Guillet
Amedeo Guillet in 1935
Nickname(s)	Devil Commander
Born	(1909-02-07)7 February 1909 Piacenza, Kingdom of Italy
Died	16 June 2010(2010-06-16) (aged 101) Rome, Italy
Allegiance	Kingdom of Italy
Service / branch	Royal Italian Army
Years of service	1930–1945
Rank	Colonel
Battles / wars	Second Italo-Abyssinian War Spanish Civil War World War II East African Campaign Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia Italian Campaign
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of Italy

Baron Amedeo Guillet (7 February 1909 – 16 June 2010) was an officer of the Italian Army and an Italian Diplomat. Dying at the age of 101, he was one of the last men to have commanded cavalry in war. He was nicknamed Devil Commander^[1] and was famous during the Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia in 1941, 1942 and 1943 because of his courage.