Unconfirmed reports said that General Cavallero's removal was a result of the complete failure of his plan of counter-attacks, as opposed to the tactics of General Ubaldo Soddu, his predecessor, of falling pace to establish a secondary defence me.
General Cavaiero was named on December 6, 1940, to succeed Marshal Pietro Badoglio as Chief of the General Staff. In January he replaced General Soddu as commander in Albania, retaining his post as Chief of Staff.
The Greek War Ministry yesterday ismed a communique reporting that 1,050 Italians; including many officers, Were taken prisoner during the day.—United Press,
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