Claude John Eyre Auchinleck5 August 1942
Churchill visits Auchinleck at the Eighth Army HQ in the Egyptian desert. Agrees to appoint a new Commander for the Eighth Army. Advised he cannot be C-in-C Middle East & Command the Eighth Army
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Churchill visits Auchinleck at the Eighth Army HQ in the Egyptian desert. Agrees to appoint a new Commander for the Eighth Army. Advised he cannot be C-in-C Middle East & Command the Eighth Army
Auchinleck agrees Brookes proposal to make Montgomery Comander of the Eighth Army
Churchill visits Auchinleck at the Eighth Army HQ in the Egyptian desert
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