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Há 2 dias · On the same day General Archibald Wavell, Commander-in-Chief of Middle East Command, informed London that he could no longer spare the battalion in Palestine and urged diplomacy and possibly a demonstration of air strength, rather than military intervention.
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Há 3 dias · Archibald Wavell: Britain's first wartime victor. Field Marshal Sir Archibald Wavell led an imaginative and flexible campaign against the Italians in North Africa. His triumph over their vastly superior forces was Britain’s first success of the war and paved the way for later victories.
Há 3 dias · In mid-1939, General Archibald Wavell was appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the new Middle East Command, over the Mediterranean and Middle East theatres.
Há 4 dias · In the late thirties, he served in Palestine as a staff officer alongside Orde Wingate, where his unconventional thinking attracted the attention, first of Sir John Dill, and then Archibald Wavell. When the Second World War broke out, Clarke undertook sensitive missions to Ireland and Norway, but it was his appointment as military ...
Há 4 dias · Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979), commonly known as Lord Mountbatten, was a British statesman, naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family.
Há 3 dias · In 1662, the recently-restored King Charles II tried to re-impose governance by bishops on the Scottish church, leading to major agitation among Presbyterian or Covenanter Scots. In September 1678, Charles Erskine, Earl of Mar, raised a regiment to help put down this unrest.
Há 3 dias · Walpole, Earl of Orford. — It has been already mentioned, that Margaret, wife of Robert the second Earl of Orford, inherited the barony of Clinton and Say, and the Devonshire estates of that family.
