From 1935 to 1936 during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, Graziani was the commander of the southern front.

He was appointed as the admiral (kaptan pasha) and then as the commander of the Polish front during the Great Turkish war.

In January 1974 he was reappointed as the commander of the northern front.

According to Melkonian, the commander of the southern front in Martuni (Khojavend), the decision to take the town was a matter of certainty rather than choice.

In 1956 he was promoted to the rank of Major General and was appointed as the commander of the central front.

Finnish general Paul Martin Wetzer became the commander of the southern front.

In 1935-1936, during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, Graziani was the commander of the southern front.

Zhang Zuolin was Commander-in-chief of the Fengtian army and commander of the eastern front.

Furthermore, Meretskov does bear some responsibility for the defeat as the commander of the front who planned the operation and carried it out.

As commander of the southern front, Stalin was determined to take the Polish-held city of Lviv.