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Douglas Graham (British Army officer) Miles Graham; Charles Grant (British Army officer) Arthur Edward Grasett; William Green (British Army officer, born 1882) William Wyndham Green; Philip Gregson-Ellis; John Grover (British Army officer) Colin Gubbins; Temple Gurdon (British Army officer) Russell Gurney (British Army officer) Helen Gwynne-Vaughan
The Commanders of World War II were for the most part career officers.They were forced to adapt to new technologies and forged the direction of modern warfare. 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.
Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart, [1] VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO (/ d ə ˈ w aɪ. ər t /; [2] 5 May 1880 – 5 June 1963) was an officer in the British Army.He was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" in various Commonwealth countries. [3]
General Montgomery stops his car to chat with troops during a tour of I Corps area near Caen, 11 July 1944. If the British could take the Borguebus Ridge, the way to the plains of northern France would be wide open, and potentially Paris could be taken, which explains the ferocity with which the Germans defended the ridge.
Major-General Peter Bradley (1914—2010), Chief of Staff, Allied Forces Northern Europe [80] General Sir Adrian Bradshaw (1958— ), Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe; Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Bradshaw (1920—1999), Director General Army Medical Services; Major-General John Bradstreet (1714–1774), 40th Regiment of Foot
This category is senior British military leaders such as generals, admirals and air marshals who served during World War II. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
Guy was born in Ixworth, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England on April 24, 1903. [7]Simonds came from a military family: his great-grandfather had been in the army of the Honourable East India Company, his grandfather had been a major-general in the British Indian Army and his father an officer in the British Army's Royal Regiment of Artillery.
The British Field Marshals 1736–1997. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 0-85052-696-5. Mead, Richard (2007). Churchill's Lions: A Biographical Guide to the Key British Generals of World War II. Stroud: Spellmount. ISBN 978-1-86227-431-0. Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword.