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Hace 2 horas · Churchill relieved Wavell on June 21 and replaced him with General Sir Claude Auchinleck. General Sir Alan Cunningham (the brother ... July 1, attempting to sweep around El Alamein. For three weeks, Auchinleck skillfully battled Rommel to a standstill. Auchinleck launched a major counterattack on July 21-22, but gained no ground ...
Hace 1 día · Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States) Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, GCB , GCSI , GCIE , CMG , MC , PC (5 May 1883 – 24 May 1950) was a senior officer of the British Army. He served in the Second Boer War, the Bazar Valley Campaign and the First World War, during which he was wounded in the Second ...
