Corriere: Italo Balbo divide ancora Ferrara: «Non va giudicato solo per il fascismo, rappresentò l'avanguardia dell'aviazione italiana». Anche la Diocesi contro il ricordo
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Italo Balbo
Italo Balbo was an Italian fascist politician and Blackshirts' leader who served as Italy's Marshal of the Air Force, Governor-General of Italian Libya and Commander-in-Chief of Italian North Africa. Due to his young age, he was sometimes seen as a possible successor to dictator Benito Mussolini.
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politics · Italian Marshal of the Air Force and minister (1896–1940) · military personnel · politician · aircraft pilot · military aviator · also Italo Balbo, Balbo
Born 6 June 1896 · Died 28 June 1940 · Q1056
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2026· 2 entries
il Giornale: A Ferrara il ricordo di Italo Balbo trasvolatore osteggiato da Chiesa e sinistra
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2024· 1 entry
Il Resto del Carlino: Cinema Italo Balbo: un progetto sociale per far rivivere un gioiello del passato
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2022· 5 entries
rtvslo.si: Italo Balbo “cancellato” dall’aereo di Stato
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Il Messaggero: Italo Balbo, polemiche per la rimozione del nome dall'aereo di stato: chi era il pilota della trasvolata atlantica
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Leggo: Il nome di Italo Balbo rimosso dagli aerei di Stato. Alemanno: «Una vergogna. Al pari di chi ha abbattuto le statue di Montanelli o Colombo»
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Il Tempo: Via il nome di Italo Balbo dagli aerei di Stato. La "cancel culture" della sinistra colpisce alla Difesa
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Repubblica: La Difesa rimuove il nome del fascista 'Italo Balbo' dagli aerei di Stato
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2019· 1 entry
Corriere della Sera: Italo Balbo fascista filo-islamico «I libici diventino italiani»
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2010· 1 entry
il Giornale: Italo Balbo, il manager delle trasvolate
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1970· 1 entry
Balbo's remains were brought back to Italy and buried in Orbetello by Balbo's family after Muammar Gaddafi threatened to disinter the Italian cemeteries in Tripoli
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1940· 2 entries
Died 1940-06-28.
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“He participated in the Transatlantic Air Cruise as pilot and commander.”
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1939· 2 entries
Career landmark: national councillor to the Chamber of Fasci and Corporations (1939–1943).
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After the German invasion of Poland, Balbo visited Rome to express his displeasure at Mussolini's support for German dictator Adolf Hitler
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1938· 2 entries
Balbo was the only member of the Fascist regime who strongly opposed the new legislation against the Jews, the Italian "Racial Laws"
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And 1939, Balbo himself made a number of flights from Libya across the Sudan to Italian East Africa ('Africa Orientale Italiana', or AOI)
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1935· 1 entry
As the "Abyssinia Crisis" worsened, Balbo began preparing plans to attack Egypt and Sudan
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1934· 2 entries
Career landmark: Governor-General of Italian Libya (1934–1940).
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Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy (1934–1939).
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1933· 2 entries
Benito Mussolini presented the city of Chicago with a monument to Balbo
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Perhaps to relieve tensions surrounding him in Italy, he was given the task of governing Italian Libya, where he resided for the remainder of his life
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1929· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy (1929–1934).
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Career landmark: minister of Air Force of the Kingdom of Italy (1929–1933).
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1928· 1 entry
Arctic explorer Umberto Nobile piloted the airship Italia on an arctic polar expedition
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1926· 1 entry
Began the task of building the Italian Royal Air Force and took a leading role in popularizing aviation in Italy, and promoting Italian aviation to the world
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1925· 1 entry
Francesco de Pinedo flew a seaplane from Italy to Australia to Japan and back again to Italy
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1924· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy (1924–1929).
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Became General Commander of the Fascist militia and undersecretary for National Economy in 1925
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1923· 1 entry
As one of the Quadrumvirs, Balbo became a founding member of the Grand Council of Fascism (Gran Consiglio del Fascismo)
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1922· 1 entry
Along with Michele Bianchi, Emilio De Bono and Cesare Maria De Vecchi
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1921· 1 entry
Balbo joined the newly created National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista, or PNF) and soon became a secretary of the Ferrara Fascist organization
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1920· 2 entries
Balbo was initiated in the regular Masonic Lodge "Giovanni Bovio", affiliated to the Gran Loggia d'Italia
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Studied at Istituto Cesare Alfieri, laurea (1920).
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1915· 1 entry
Balbo joined the Italian Royal Army (Regio Esercito) as an officer candidate and served with the Alpini (mountain infantry)
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1896· 2 entries
Born 1896-06-06.
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Balbo was born in Quartesana (part of Ferrara) in the Kingdom of Italy
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