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Há 5 dias · The British, now under the command of Lieutenant General Neil Ritchie, formed a defensive line extending from the Gazala Inlet in the north to Bir Hakeim in the south. Under pressure from Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Ritchie was ordered to launch an attack on the Axis positions.
Há 3 dias · Rommel pulled his armour back from the frontier towards Tobruk and achieved several tactical successes, which led Auchinleck to replace Cunningham with Major-General Neil Ritchie.
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Há 5 dias · Army, commanded by Lieutenant-General Neil Ritchie under the close supervision of the Commander-in-Chief Middle East, General Sir Claude Auchinleck. Rommel drove his armoured forces round the southern flank of the Gazala position to engage the British armour from the rear of the Allied defences.
Há 1 dia · Second World War. SAS patrol in North Africa during the Second World War in SAS jeeps. The Special Air Service began life in July 1941, during the Second World War, from an unorthodox idea and plan by Lieutenant David Stirling (of the Scots Guards) who was serving with No. 8 (Guards) Commando. His idea was for small teams of parachute-trained ...
Há 5 dias · Neil Ritchie is the founder and editor of ScottishHistory.org. Neil has a keen interest in the military history of Scotland and in particular the military history of the Jacobite risings. He is also the editor of other online publications covering military history, defence and security.
15 de set. de 2024 · The North African campaign of World War II saw another large-scale British surrender during the fall of Tobruk in June 1942. Tobruk, a key port city in Libya, had been held by the British and Commonwealth forces under General Neil Ritchie.
16 de set. de 2024 · Over time the Eighth Army would be commanded by Neil Ritchie, Claude Auchinleck, Bernard Montgomery, Oliver Leese and Richard McCreery. [111] In the early years of the war Eighth Army suffered from poor leadership and repeated reversals of fortune until the Second Battle of El Alamein when it advanced across Libya into Tunisia and ...
