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General Sir Neil Methuen Ritchie, GBE, KCB, DSO, MC, KStJ (29 July 1897 – 11 December 1983) was a British Army officer who served in the First and Second World Wars. During the Second World War he commanded the British Eighth Army in the North African campaign from November 1941 until he was dismissed in June 1942 after a ...
Neil Ritchie (Georgetown, 29 de julho de 1897 — Toronto, 11 de dezembro de 1983) foi um general do Exército Britânico durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, membro do 3.º Batalhão do Regimento Real Escocês, também conhecido como A Guarda Negra.
20 de abr. de 2015 · Learn about Neil Ritchie, the British general who led the 8th Army in North Africa during the Battle of Gazala in 1942. Find out how he lost Tobruk to Rommel and was replaced by Montgomery.
Neil Ritchie was a British general who led the Eighth Army in North Africa against Rommel's Afrika Korps. He was sacked after losing the Battle of Gazala and Tobruk in 1942.
Neil Ritchie was born in 1897. Educated at Lancing College and Sandhurst Military Academy he was commissioned into the Black Watch in 1914. In the First World War he fought in France and in Mesopotamia where he won the Military Cross in 1918. Ritchie remained in the British Army and by the outbreak of the Second World War had risen to the rank ...
Neil Ritchie was sacked as commander of Eighth Army in North Africa in 1942 after a disastrous defeat by Rommel. He later returned to field command in Normandy with the support of influential patrons and his own professional skills.
General Sir Neil Methuen Ritchie, was a British Army officer who served in the First and Second World Wars. During the Second World War he commanded the British Eighth Army in the North African campaign from November 1941 until he was dismissed in June 1942 after a disastrous defeat in the Battle of Gazala.
