General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, 18th Army Group General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East Command General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South-Eastern Command General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command General Officer Commanding, 1st Infantry Division Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath Following the conclusion of this campaign, relinquishing the role of Ground Forces commander, he continued to lead 21st Army Group throughout the rest of the 1944-1945 North West Europe Campaign. Was transferred back to the United Kingdom to take command of the 21st Army Group and led all Allied ground forces during Operation Overlord. Then led the Eighth Army during the Battle of Sicily and then the invasion of Italy itself. Won the Second Battle of El Alamein and played a crucial role in the completion of the North African Campaign. After several Corps appointments was placed in command of South-Eastern Command before being dispatched to Egypt to take command of the Eighth Army, following the death of William Gott. Served as CIGS, and later Commander-in-Chief of the Western Union and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe in NATO.Ī veteran of World War I and the Irish War of Independence, entered the Second World War as a divisional commander within the British Expeditionary Force, defending France and then took command of II Corps during the evacuation at Dunkirk.

General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, British Army of the Rhine and Military Governor of British Occupation Zone in Germany

General Officer Commanding-in-Chief 21st Army Group Supreme Commander, Allied Ground Forces (Normandy) General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eighth Army General Officer Commanding-in-Chief South-Eastern Command General Officer Commanding, 3rd Infantry Division Later served as the Chief of the Imperial General Staff.

Military commanders Allied Forces United Kingdom Armed ForceĬommanded the II Corps of the British Expeditionary Force at the Battle of France. Some political leaders, particularly those of the principal dictatorships involved in the conflict, Adolf Hitler (Germany), Benito Mussolini (Italy), and Hirohito (Japan), acted as dictators for their respective countries or empires. They were forced to adapt to new technologies and forged the direction of modern warfare. The Commanders of World War II were for the most part career officers.

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