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Paolo Caccia Dominioni

パオロ・カッチャ・ドミニオーニ

Paolo Caccia Dominioni

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1896-05-14 （Nerviano, Milan, Kingdom of Italy）
Died
1992-08-12 （Rome, Italy） age 96
Nationality
Italy
Languages
Italian, French
Residence History
Egypt (Cairo) → Libya (North Africa) → Sudan → Italy (Rome)

Career

Occupations
Soldier, Military officer, Engineer (civil), Writer, Correspondent
Active Years
1915-1992

Education

Polytechnic University of Milan
Faculty of Engineering / Civil Engineering
Degree: 博士（工学）
Period: 1913-1922
Year of Graduation: 1922
Country: Italy
Entered in 1913; volunteered for World War I and completed doctorate in Civil Engineering in 1922.

Awards

Gold Medal of Military Valour
Organization: Kingdom of Italy (military)
Result: 受賞
Silver Medal of Military Valour
Organization: Kingdom of Italy (military)
Result: 受賞
Bronze Medal of Military Valour
Organization: Kingdom of Italy (military)
Result: 受賞
War Cross of Military Valor
Organization: Kingdom of Italy (military)
Result: 受賞
War Merit Cross (Italy)
Organization: Kingdom of Italy (military)
Result: 受賞
Commemorative Medal for the Italo-Austrian War 1915–1918
Organization: Italy
Result: 受賞
Commemorative Medal of the Unity of Italy
Organization: Italy
Result: 受賞
Allied Victory Medal (Italy)
Organization: Italy
Result: 受賞
Iron Cross 2nd Class
1942
Organization: Germany
Result: 受賞（エルヴィン・ロンメルより授与）
Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Organization: Federal Republic of Germany
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Alamein 1933-1962: An Italian Story

1962 Military history, Non-fiction

A detailed Italian account of the North Africa campaign, combining battle narrative, personal observations and postwar efforts to recover and commemorate the fallen at Alamein.

North Africa campaignMemory of battlefieldsRecovery and commemoration of remains
Translations
  • Alamein 1933-1962: An Italian Story (translated into English by Dennis Chamberlain, 1966)

La fine del Carso

1928 War writing / Travel

An early work dealing with World War I and related experiences.

World War IBattlefield experience

Bibliography

  • La fine del Carso (1928)
  • Basta con questa guerra (1931)
  • Amhara. Chroniques de la Patrouille Astrale (1937)
  • Resurrezione e ardore di un cantiere in terra lontana (1938)
  • Casa del perduto amore (1951)
  • Alamein 1933-1962 (1962)
  • Ascari K7 (1966)
  • Le trecento ore a Nord di Qattara (1972)
  • La frana del San Matteo. Saga in Mar Rosso, 1889-1890 (1982)
  • 1915-1919. Diario di guerra (1993, posthumous)
  • Takfir. Cronaca dell'ultima battaglia di El Alamein (1994, posthumous)
  • Other edited volumes and memorial works (various editions and posthumous compilations)

Translations of Works

  • Alamein 1933-1962: An Italian Story (English translation by Dennis Chamberlain, 1966)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Documentary, report-like styleDetail-oriented, on-site observation
Recurring Motifs
Memory and commemoration of battlefieldsDesert and North AfricaTechnical/engineering perspective

Legacy

Caccia Dominioni is known both for his military leadership in North Africa and for decades of postwar work recovering the dead, designing cemeteries and memorials (notably at Alamein), and preserving Italian battlefield memory and history.

Museums

  • Italian National Ossario (Murchison) Murchison, Victoria, Australia

Trivia

  • Awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel for actions at the First Battle of El Alamein.
  • Spent roughly twenty years after the war working to recover remains and design the Alamein cemetery and memorial.
  • Had a long friendship with Vladimir Peniakoff (Popski) from his years in Egypt; later they faced each other in North Africa during WWII.
  • Served as a correspondent for the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera (1931–1961).