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1 giorno fa · Field Marshal Alan Francis Brooke, who served as the Chief of the Imperial General Staff during World War II, had a complex and fascinating relationship with...
5 giorni fa · Alan Brooke, commander of the British II Corps sought to put the matter of cooperation right with King Leopold. The King discussed the matter with Brooke, who felt a compromise could be reached. Van Overstraeten, the King's military aide, stepped in and said that the 10th Belgian Infantry Division could not be moved.
5 giorni fa · ‘Nothing but a miracle can save the BEF now’ noted Commander II Corps Lieut. Gen. Alan Brooke, on 23 May. Two days later, General Sir Edmund Ironside, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, confided to his diary, ‘[w]e shall have lost practically all our trained soldiers by the next few days—unless a miracle appears to help us’.
6 giorni fa · 22.01.1944. Additional information. The Battle of Anzio was a battle of the Italian Campaign of World War II that took place from January 22, 1944 (beginning with the Allied amphibious landing known as Operation Shingle) to June 5, 1944 (ending with the capture of Rome). The operation was opposed by German forces in the area of Anzio and Nettuno.
2 mag 2024 · Alan brooke had been promised Supreme Allied Commander by churchill and was disappointed when he was told it had to be given to an American in Fall of 1943. But what if after FDR decided Marshall had to stay in DC, it had been given to Alanbrooke?
1 giorno fa · William D. Leahy Leahy c. 1945 Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief In office July 20, 1942 – March 21, 1949 President Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman Preceded by Office established Succeeded by Omar Bradley (as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) United States Ambassador to France In office January 8, 1941 – May 1, 1942 President Franklin D. Roosevelt Preceded by William ...
1 giorno fa · On 18 March 1942, he was promoted to the acting rank of vice admiral and given the honorary ranks of lieutenant general and air marshal to have the authority to carry out his duties in Combined Operations; and, despite the misgivings of General Sir Alan Brooke, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Mountbatten was placed in the ...
