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15 de jun. de 2024 · Sir Archibald Wavell, Viceroy of India from late 1943, visiting victims of the famine
Hace 4 días · Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, 1st Baronet, GCB, DSO (5 May 1864 – 22 June 1922) was one of the most senior British Army staff officers of the First World War and was briefly an Irish unionist politician.
Hace 5 días · World War II - Europe, Pacific, 1940-41: General Sir Archibald Wavell, whose command included not only Egypt but also the East African fronts against the Italians, decided to strike first in North Africa.
Hace 3 días · The Indian Army during World War II, a British force also referred to as the British Indian Army, [1] began the war, in 1939, numbering just under 200,000 men. [2] . By the end of the war, it had become the largest volunteer army in history, rising to over 2.5 million men in August 1945.
17 de jun. de 2024 · Sir Claude Auchinleck (born June 21, 1884, Aldershot, England—died March 23, 1980, Marrakesh, Morocco) was a British field marshal best known for his victory against Gen. Erwin Rommel in North Africa. Auchinleck was educated at Sandhurst military academy. He served in India and performed with distinction in the Middle East in World War I.
22 de jun. de 2024 · "Wavell, Archibald Percival, Earl Wavell of Cyrenaica" published on by Oxford University Press. Born into a military family, he was educated at Winchester and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He gained a commission in the army in ...
Hace 3 días · Among the Old Wykehamists listed here are four archbishops, including one of the school's earliest pupils, Henry Chichele; four field marshals; commanders of both Fighter Command and Bomber Command during the Second World War—Hugh Dowding and Charles Portal, respectively; and two Viceroys of India, Archibald Wavell and Frederic Thesiger.
