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Oliver Leese Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Oliver Leese, based on 17 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

17 records1942–194512 events8 places

Chronological biography

1942

Capture of Mareth Line1942

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of XXX Corps · Mareth Line

Leads the Eighth Armys advance across the Mareth Line

Capture of Tripoli1942

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of XXX Corps · Tripoli

Leads the Eighth Armys advance along the coast road from Benghazi to Tripoli

Invasion of Sicily1942

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of XXX Corps · Sicily

Captures the Western beachead in the Eighth Armys landind in Sicily

Battle of Wadi Akarit6 April 1942

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of XXX Corps · Wadi Akarit

Leads the Eighth Armys to victory at Wadi Akarit

Commander of XXX Corps1 September 1942

Warfare / Military · Commander of XXX Corps

Appointed Commander of XXX Corps in the Eighth Army by Montgomery

Commander of XXX Corps1 September 1942

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of XXX Corps

Appointed Commander of XXX Corps in the Eighth Army by Montgomery

Battle of Alamein, 2nd23 October 1942

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of XXX Corps · El Alamein

Leese's XXX Corps leads the infantry assault in the northern sector at the opening of the Second Battle of El Alamein.

Battle of Alamein, 2nd2 November 1942

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of XXX Corps · El Alamein

Leese's XXX Corps supports the breakout during the closing phase of the Second Battle of El Alamein.

1943

Capture of Gothic Line1943

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of Eighth Army · Gothic Line

Leads the Eighth Armys persuit of the German Tenth Army as far as the Gothic Line

Commander of Eighth Army1943

Warfare / Military · Commander of Eighth Army

Appointed Commander of the Eighth Army, succeeds Montgomery

Commander of Eighth Army1943

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of Eighth Army

Appointed Commander of the Eighth Army, succeeds Montgomery

Tenth Army1943

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of Eighth Army · Gothic Line

Leads the Eighth Armys persuit of the German Tenth Army as far as the Gothic Line

Capture of Gothic Line25 August 1943

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of Eighth Army · Gothic Line

Breaches the Gothic Line

1944

Commander of Allied Land Forces1944

Warfare / Military · Commander of Allied Land Forces

Appointed Commander of the Allied Land Forces of South East Asia

Commander of Allied Land Forces1944

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of Allied Land Forces

Appointed Commander of the Allied Land Forces of South East Asia

Siege of Monte Cassino17 January 1944

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of Eighth Army · River Gariglian

The British X Corps establish bridgeheads across the River Garigliano

1945

Dismissal1945

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of Allied Forces · London

Dismissed due to a personality clash with Mountbatten

Titles and roles

Commander of Allied Forces · Commander of Allied Land Forces · Commander of Eighth Army · Commander of XXX Corps

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.