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    Field Marshal Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, (/ˌɒxɪnˈlɛk/ OKH-in-LEK), GCB, GCIE, CSI, DSO, OBE (21 June 1884 – 23 March 1981), was a British Indian...
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    Empire and Commonwealth) forces of the Eighth Army under General Claude Auchinleck. The British prevented a second advance by the Axis forces into Egypt...
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    ten courts-martial were held in public at the Red Fort in Delhi. Claude Auchinleck, the Commander-in-Chief of the British-Indian army, hoped that by...
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    control, but not operational control, was vested with Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck, who was titled the 'Supreme Commander', answerable to a newly formed...
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    only a ceremonial position, and the Commander-in-Chief, India, Sir Claude Auchinleck, replaced after independence by General Sir Rob Lockhart. The senior...
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    to 1942. In August 1942 he was appointed as successor to General Claude Auchinleck as commander of the Eighth Army but, on the way to take up his command...
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    the Axis from advancing further into Egypt. In August 1942, General Claude Auchinleck had been relieved as Commander-in-Chief of Middle East Command and...
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  • Corporal Herbert Brückner (series 1) Adrian Lukis as Commander-in-Chief Claude Auchinleck Michael Shaeffer as General Neil Ritchie Ian Davies as Randolph Churchill...
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    he was recommended for command of a division by Lieutenant General Claude Auchinleck, the commander of all troops in the Norwegian campaign, on his return...
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    German and Italian units fought the British Eighth Army (General Sir Claude Auchinleck, also Commander-in-Chief Middle East) composed mainly of British Commonwealth...
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