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Oliver Leese. Lieutenant General Sir Oliver William Hargreaves Leese, 3rd Baronet, KCB, CBE, DSO (27 October 1894 – 22 January 1978) was a senior British Army officer who saw distinguished active service during both the world wars.
Oliver William Hargreaves Leese ( Londra, 27 ottobre 1894 – Londra, 22 gennaio 1978) è stato un generale britannico . Indice. 1 Biografia. 1.1 I primi anni. 1.2 La seconda guerra mondiale. 1.3 Dopo la guerra. 2 Onorificenze. 2.1 Onorificenze britanniche. 2.2 Onorificenze straniere. 3 Note. 4 Bibliografia. 5 Voci correlate. 6 Altri progetti.
Nato a Londra in una famiglia aristocratica, Oliver William Hargreaves Leese avviò la propria esperienza militare nel 1909 arruolandosi negli Officers’ Training Corps mentre era studente a Eton. Scoppiata la Prima guerra mondiale, si arruolò volontario nell’esercito britannico come tenente in seconda presso le Coldstream Guards e fu ...
Generals Eisenhower, Montgomery and Bradley returned to England while General Sir Henry Maitland-Wilson took over as theatre commander and Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Leese succeeded Montgomery as commander of Eighth Army.
Tenente generale britannico proveniente dall'esercito coloniale (fanteria). Nato il 27 ottobre 1894, sottotenente nel 1915, partecipò alle operazioni svolte in Francia, durante la prima Guerra mondiale, e successivamente frequentò la Scuola di guerra.
Oliver Leese was a British general who served in WW1 and WW2. He commanded the Guards Armoured Division, XXX Corps, Eighth Army, and Allied Land Forces South-East Asia, and was involved in the campaigns in France, North Africa, Italy, and Burma.
Oliver William Hargreaves Leese was an officer who was very close to the British General, Bernard Montgomery. Leese fought first in France, then in North Africa, and finally along the Italian peninsula in command of the British 8th Army, with which he participated in the Battle of Monte Cassino. Born into an aristocratic family in London, Leese ...
