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Claude Auchinleck Biography and Timeline

Follow Claude Auchinleck through 2 dated historical records for Great Britain.

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Claude Auchinleck, historical timeline

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1941

18 November 1941

Operation Crusader

General · Commander in Chief Middle East · Egypt · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Launches Operation Crusader to relieve Tobruk and push Axis forces back from the approaches to Egypt and Suez.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1942

1942

1 July 1942

Battle of Alamein, 1st

General · Commander in Chief Middle East · El Alamein · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Holds the Axis advance at El Alamein, preventing Rommel from breaking through toward Alexandria and the Suez Canal.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1942

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