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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound, GCB, OM, GCVO (29 August 1877 – 21 October 1943) was a British senior officer of the Royal Navy. He served in the First World War as a battleship commander, taking part in the Battle of Jutland with notable success, contributing to the sinking of the German cruiser ...
Dudley Pound. Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound GCB OM GCVO (Ventnor, 29 de agosto de 1877 – Londres, 21 de outubro de 1943) foi um oficial da Marinha Real Britânica. [ 1] . Ele serviu durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial como um dos comandantes da Frota aliada durante a batalha da Jutlândia. [ 2] .
6 de fev. de 2021 · By James Brun. IN LEWIS Gilbert’s 1960 film, Sink the Bismarck!, the First Sea Lord, Sir Dudley Pound, remarks on the type of commander needed to win the Battle of the Atlantic: “I want a man who’s cold. I’d like a man with no heart at all, no soul. Just an enormous brain.
4 de jan. de 2024 · Learn how Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, the First Sea Lord, ordered the scattering of convoy PQ-17 in 1942, leading to its devastation by German forces. Watch a video and explore the causes, consequences and controversies of this naval disaster.
The First Sea Lord Admiral Dudley Pound, acting on information that German ships, including the German battleship Tirpitz, were moving to intercept, ordered the covering force based on the Allied battleships HMS Duke of York and USS Washington away from the convoy and told the convoy to scatter.
- 27 June-10 July 1942
- German victory
- Arctic Ocean
7 de mai. de 2015 · Learn about the life and career of Sir Dudley Pound, the First Sea Lord who led Britain's navy during World War II and had a close relationship with Winston Churchill. Read reviews, excerpts and insights from this book by Robin Brodhurst.
2 de mar. de 2023 · Robin was a schoolmaster and military historian who served for 22 years as Head of History at Pangbourne College, Berkshire, England. He was the distinguished author of Churchill’s Anchor: The Biography of Admiral Sir Dudley Pound.
