Rodolfo Graziani was an Italian officer, who served for his nation in both wars. After the first war, Graziani was dispatched to northern Africa, particularly commanding the Italian army, for defending the colonial interests ever ruthlessly over the local population. He so became a colonial governor and eventually the Commander-in-chief for the entire region, although he eventually was defeated by the British desert forces. Back in Rome, he became Defense Minister of the Italian fascism for the rest of the war, and so he ended up incarcerated by the allied forces in the post-war years.