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Great Contemporaries: Claude Auchinleck, Soldier of the Raj (Part 2)
16
Sep
2021
By RAYMOND A. CALLAHAN
London has no statue of Claude Auchinleck, the man who stopped Rommel and the last commander of the Indian Army. Perhaps there should be one.
Great Contemporaries: Archibald Wavell, Man of Silences (Part 2)
29
Jul
2021
By RAYMOND A. CALLAHAN
Churchill believed any obstacle could be surmounted, while Wavell prepared for the worst. Both traits had served Britain well.
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