Valentino Babini | |
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Born | Novi di Modena, Kingdom of Italy | 5 December 1889
Died | 29 December 1952 | (aged 63)
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Rank | Lieutenant General |
Commands | 3rd Tank Infantry Regiment Tank and Specialist Units Group Flechas Negras Division Libya Tank Command Babini Group "Aosta" Infantry Division |
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Valentino Babini (5 December 1889 – 29 December 1952) was an Italian general during World War II. He was one Italy's foremost pioneers in tank warfare and among the most important tank commanders of the Royal Italian Army during the interwar period and the early stages of World War II; in 1940 he coined the motto of Italy's tank troops, Ferrea mole, ferreo cuore ("Iron hulls, iron hearts").