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Major General Orde Charles Wingate, DSO & Two Bars (26 February 1903 – 24 March 1944) was a senior British Army officer known for his creation of the Chindit deep-penetration missions in Japanese-held territory during the Burma Campaign of the Second World War.
Orde Charles Wingate (26 de fevereiro de 1903 – 24 de março de 1944) foi um general britânico, criador de forças de combate especiais durante a Guerra da Birmânia, na Segunda Guerra Mundial. Wingate chegou ao Extremo Oriente em 27 de fevereiro de 1942, em pleno início da invasão japonesa do Sudeste Asiático.
16 de abr. de 2024 · Orde Charles Wingate (born Feb. 26, 1903, Naini Tāl, India—died March 24, 1944, Burma [now Myanmar]) was a British soldier, an outstanding “irregular” commander and unconventional personage in the tradition of General Charles George Gordon and Colonel T.E. Lawrence (“Lawrence of Arabia”).
23 de mar. de 2019 · Advertisement. Homepage. Carrying a Bible, he trumpeted Jewish claims to the land. 75 years after his death, why Orde Wingate remains a hero in Israel. Bible-toting, raw-onion-eating British...
By Jon Diamond. British General Orde Wingate is one of the more enigmatic World War II commanders encountered in a number of biographical and military historical accounts. His military career has been the subject of cinematic productions and his memory is revered in, of all places, Israel, where he is referred to as “the friend.”.
2 de dez. de 2023 · Orde Wingate foi um dos Generais mais incomuns de toda a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Nada ortodoxo, tanto em pensamento quanto em ação, se tornou especialista nas táticas de guerrilha. Ele foi o...
Wingate created, organized, and led the Chindits, named with an anglicized mispronunciation of the term for the statuary lions that guarded Burmese temples. The Chindits were a long-range penetration group designed to slip into Burma to maraud, ambush, and stir up trouble behind Japanese lines in World War II.
