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121Chennault, Major General Claire Lee — 1890–1958 In 1937 Chennault had retired from the USAAF because of faulty hearing and had left for China to become an adviser on aviation and the supervisor of a training program. In November 1940 he returned to Washington to recruit pilots and …
122De Guingand, Major General Francis — 1900–1979 De Guingand was a British General and Chief Staff to MONTGOMERY in North Africa and northwest Europe. De Guingand had a lot of experience of staff work before he began working with Montgomery and proved invaluable in the detailed… …
123Fredendall, Major General Lloyd — 1884– Fredendall was the US Commander of the Center Task Force of Operation Torch which landed at Oran. He had been chosen by EISENHOWER to lead the II Corps. The landing was well planned and successfully executed on 8 November 1942.… …
124Hurley, Major General Patrick — 1883–1963 ROOSEVELT appointed Hurley as US Minister to New Zealand in 1942 and also used him as a personal envoy to the battlefronts in the USSR and Middle East sending back reports on the situation. He was then sent as a troubleshooter to… …
125Wedemeyer, Major General Albert — 1897–1990 Wedemeyer became CHIANG Kai shek’s Chief of Staff, replacing STILWELL, in October 1944. He had served in the War Department, General Staff as an expert in war plans from 1941 to 1943. In August 1943 he was appointed US Deputy Chief… …
126Wingate, Major General Orde — 1903–1944 Wingate fired the imagination of the public and of many politicians with his guerrilla forces in Burma called the Chindits. He had much experience in guerrilla tactics, starting with his service with the ‘Special Night Squads’ in… …
127Général Babacar Gaye — Babacar Gaye Pour les articles homonymes, voir Gaye (homonymie). Babacar Gaye Naissance …
128General officers in the Confederate States Army — Robert E. Lee, the most well known CSA general. Lee is shown with the insignia of a Confederate colonel, which he chose to wear throughout the war. The general officers of the Confederate States Army (CSA) the army of the Confederate States of… …
