Claude Auchinleck
(1884-1981)
British army commander
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Field Marshal Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, GCB, GCIE, CSI, DSO, OBE (21 June 1884 – 23 March 1981) was a British Army commander during the Second World War. He was a career soldier who spent much of his military career in India, where he rose to become Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army by early 1941. In July 1941 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Middle East Theatre, but after initial successes, the war in North Africa turned against the British, and he was relieved of the post in 1942 during the crucial Alamein campaign.
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21 June 1884 Aldershot, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
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| Died |
23 March 1981 (aged 96) Marrakesh, Morocco
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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