Claude Auchinleck

June 21, 1884 – March 23, 1981

British field marshal who commanded in North Africa in 1941-42, stopped Rommel at the First Battle of El Alamein and was Commander-in-Chief in India until partition.

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Military service

• British Army
• British Indian Army

Affiliations

Education

• Wellington College, Berkshire
• Command and Staff College Quetta

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Claude Auchinleck

 

World War I

 

Adriatic campaign of World War II

 

World War II

 

North African campaign

 

Western Desert campaign

 

Anglo-Iraqi War

 

Operation Crusader

 

Battle of Gazala

 

Battle of Mersa Matruh

 

First Battle of El Alamein