History and chronology of Harold Alexander Alexander, 1st in Great Britain

General

Government Labour Party
Military
World War, 2nd

Events

Birth
Capture
Commander
Death
Defensive Line
Evacuation Dunkirk
Invasion Burma
Invasion Italy
Minister Defense
Siege Rangoon

Places

Bastion
Cassino
Dunkirk
Maymyo
Rangoon
River Salween

Harold Alexander Alexander, 1st History of Great Britain


1891	Birth
Birth of Harold Alexander
1938	Commander
Appointed Commander 1st Division
1940	Commander
May Dunkirk Appointed Commander of the British Exteditionary Force
1940	Evacuation Dunkirk
31st May Bastion Decides to evacuate all 3 remaining Divisions of the BEF on 1st June
31st May Dunkirk Gort returns to Britain & Alexander is put in charge of the 3 BEF Divisions at Dunkirk
31st May Bastion Ignores orders from Gort & the French to stay
1942	Defensive Line
20th Mar River Salween Establishes a defensive line from Prome to Toungoo & east to the Salween River
1942	Invasion of Burma
Maymyo Chiang Kai-Shek sends Stilwell to join up with Alexander at Maymyo
1942	Siege of Rangoon
Rangoon Abandons Rangoon to the Japanese
1944	Capture
18th May Cassino Leads an Allied force which captures Cassino
1944	Invasion of Italy
11th May Cassino Commands an invasion of Italy to divert the Axis powers from the D-Day landings
1952	Minister of Defense
Appointed Minister of Defense
1969	Death
Death of Harold Alexander