Allied commanders Lieutenant General Jacques of Belgium, General Diaz of Italy, Marshall Foch of France, General Pershing of the United States, and Admiral Beatty of Great Britain at the dedication of the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, November 1, 1921.

See Liberty Memorial, Kansas City: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I, May 14, 2013.

Jacques, Gen. Diaz, Marshall Foch, Gen. Pershing, Admiral Beatty

Kansas City, Mo. Nov. 1, 1921

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After the disastrous Italian defeat in the Battle of Caporetto, Vittorio Orlando, newly appointed Italian Prime Minister, replaced General Luigi Cadorna as Italian Chief of Staff with General Armando Diaz.

Diaz commanded the Italian Army during the Austro-Hungarian offensive in the Second Battle of the Piave in June 1918. Pressed by the Allies for an offensive against Austria-Hungary, he finally struck on October 24 in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto.

National Affiliation: Italy