Luigi Mentasti (2 May 1883 – 26 August 1958) was a general in the

Royal Italian Army The Royal Italian Army ( it, Regio Esercito, , Royal Army) was the land force of the Kingdom of Italy, established with the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy. During the 19th century Italy started to unify into one country, and in 1861 Manfre ...

who commanded the

XIV Corps 14 Corps, 14th Corps, Fourteenth Corps, or XIV Corps may refer to: * XIV Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars * XIV Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army prior to and during World ...

during the

Italian occupation of Montenegro The Italian governorate of Montenegro ( it, Governatorato del Montenegro) existed from October 1941 to September 1943 as an occupied territory under military government of Fascist Italy during World War II. Although the Italians had intended to ...

Biography

Mentasti fought in the

Italian-Turkish War The Italo-Turkish or Turco-Italian War ( tr, Trablusgarp Savaşı, "Tripolitanian War", it, Guerra di Libia, "War of Libya") was fought between the Kingdom of Italy and the Ottoman Empire from 29 September 1911, to 18 October 1912. As a result o ...

and in World War I.
Between 21 April 1938 and 7 September 1939, he commanded the

2nd Infantry Division "Sforzesca" The 2nd Infantry Division "Sforzesca" ( it, 2ª Divisione di fanteria "Sforzesca") was a infantry Division (military), division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The Sforzesca was classified as a mountain infantry division, which mean ...

.
For the next 2 years, he was Commandant of the Supreme Institute of War in Turin. On 12 July 1941, he succeeded

Giovanni Vecchi Giovanni Vecchi was a general in the Royal Italian Army who commanded the XIV Corps during the World War II Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941. Biography Vecchi fought in the Italian-Turkish War and in World War I. Between 1 July 1937 and ...

as commander of the

, which was charged with the occupation of

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.
He was sent to crush an

Uprising Rebellion, uprising, or insurrection is a refusal of obedience or order. It refers to the open resistance against the orders of an established authority. A rebellion originates from a sentiment of indignation and disapproval of a situation and ...

, which was achieved in 6 weeks time.
On 1 December 1941, the Army Corps was renamed ''Command Troops Montenegro'' and on 1 January 1942, Mentasti was promoted to Army Corps General.
He remained in command of the Montenegro troops until 1 May 1943, when he repatriated and placed on leave at the age of 60.Generals.dk
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