Richard O'Connor

August 21, 1889 – June 17, 1981

British general; field commander of the Western Desert Force in Operation Compass, 1940-1941.

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Military service

• British Army Army General

Affiliations

Education

• Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
• Wellington College, Berkshire

Timeline

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Richard O'Connor

 

World War I

 

World War II

 

Italian invasion of Egypt

 

Operation Compass

 

Attack on Nibeiwa

 

Battle of Sidi Barrani

 

British capture of Tobruk

 

Action at Mechili

 

Battle of Beda Fomm

 

Battle for Caen

 

Operation Epsom

 

Operation Jupiter (1944)

 

Operation Goodwood