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Arnaldo Azzi (23 December 1885 – 25 November 1957) was an Italian general and politician. During World War II, he commanded the 101st Motorised Division Trieste in the North African campaign and the 41st Infantry Division Firenze in Albania. After the armistice of Cassibile the men under his command resisted German attempts at being disarmed and joined the Albanian partisans to fight against the Axis. After the war he was elected the Italian Constituent Assembly for the centre-left Italian Republican Party and later a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Italian Socialist Party.