Orlando Lorenzini

Orlando Lorenzini
Born	(1890-05-03)3 May 1890 Guardistallo, Tuscany, Italy
Died	17 March 1941(1941-03-17) (aged 50) Keren, Italian Eritrea
Allegiance	Kingdom of Italy
Service/branch	Royal Italian Army
Years of service	1910–1941
Rank	Generale di Brigata (Brigadier-General)
Commands held	2099th Machine-gun Company 14th Eritrean Battalion 22nd Eritrean Battalion 2nd Colonial Brigade 11th Colonial Brigade 4th Colonial Division
Battles/wars	Italo-Turkish War World War I Second Battle of the Piave River Pacification of Libya Second Italo-Ethiopian War World War II Invasion of British Somaliland Battle of Agordat Battle of Keren †
Awards	Gold Medal of Military Valor (posthumous) Silver Medal of Military Valor (five times) Bronze Medal of Military Valor War Merit Cross (five times)

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.