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Born | Guardistallo, Tuscany, Italy | 3 May 1890
Died | 17 March 1941 Keren, Italian Eritrea | (aged 50)
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Years of service | 1910–1941 |
Rank | Generale di Brigata (Brigadier-General) |
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Battles/wars | Italo-Turkish War World War I Pacification of Libya |
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Orlando Lorenzini (3 May 1890 – 17 March 1941) was an Italian general during World War II. During the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, Lorenzini was responsible for the Zeret massacre, in which Italian colonial troops massacred hundreds of Ethiopians and their families, after luring them out of a cave with chemical weapons.
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