Cesare Amè

Cesare Amè
Cesare Amè
10th Chief of the Servizio Informazioni Militare
In office 20 September 1940 – 18 August 1943
Preceded by	Giacomo Carboni
Personal details
Born	18 November 1892 (1892-11-18) Cumiana, Kingdom of Italy
Died	30 June 1983 (1983-07-01) (aged 90) Rome, Italy
Spouse	Angela Bettini ​ (m. 1927)​
Alma mater	Military Academy of Modena
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Italy Italy
Branch/service	Royal Italian Army Italian Army
Years of service	1912-1948
Rank	Divisional general

Cesare Amè (18 November 1892 – 30 June 1983) was an Italian general and intelligence officer, chief of the Servizio Informazioni Militare (the Italian military-intelligence service) from 1940 to 1943.

Biography

Born in Cumiana, Amè formed at the Military Academy of Modena; appointed second lieutenant in permanent service in 1912, he joined the 92º Regiment of Turin, with whom he took part to the Italo-Turkish War. Promoted liaison officer, after the World War I he was awarded one silver and two bronze medals.

In 1921, Amè entered the Italian Military Intelligence Service (Servizio Informazioni Militare, SIM), being promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1927 and to colonel in 1937. He was appointed chief of SIM in 1940; during his service he tried to persuade Benito Mussolini to not entering war because of the Italian army's lack of preparation, and had to face Mussolini's reluctance to disclose his plans.

On 18 August 1943, after the fall of Mussolini, Amè was removed from office by Pietro Badoglio and was assigned to the command of the Italian army division in Ljubljana. In 1948 he was appointed divisional general. He was later author of Guerra segreta in Italia ("Secret war in Italy", 1956) and of Il Servizio informazioni militare dalla sua costituzione alla fine della seconda guerra mondiale ("The Military Intelligence Service from its establishment to the end of World War II", released anonymously in 1957).

Works

• Guerra segreta in Italia 1940-1943. Rome: Casini. 1954.
• Il Servizio informazioni militare dalla sua costituzione alla fine della seconda guerra mondiale. Rome. 1957.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Bibliography

• De Lutiis, Giuseppe (1988). "Amè, Cesare". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 34: Primo supplemento A–C (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
• Bagnoli, Gabriele (2019). Cesare Amé e i suoi Agenti. L'intelligence italiana nella Seconda guerra mondiale. Rome: Idrovolante Edizioni. ISBN 978-8899564360.