History and chronology of Claude John Eyre Auchinleck in Great Britain

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Military
World War, 2nd

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Battle Alamein, El
Battle Alam Halfa
Battle Narvik
Capture Narvik
Commander
Crusader
Dismissal
Field Marshal
Invasion Cyrenaica
Invasion Iran
Invasion Norway
Meeting Churchill
North Africa
Offensive
Siege Cyrenaica
Siege Narvik
Siege Tehran
Siege Tobruk
Supreme Commander

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Abadan
Alamein, El
Alam Halfa
Cyrenaica
Gazala
London
Narvik
Tehran
Tobruk

Claude John Eyre Auchinleck History of Great Britain


1940	Battle of Narvik
24th April Narvik Churchill orders attack but despite 25,000 Allies & naval support German defenses stay
28th May Narvik Britain forces the German troops make a tactical withdrawal from Narvik
1940	Capture of Narvik
7th June Narvik The Germans retake Narvik & complete their occupation of Norway
1940	Invasion of Norway
11th May Commander of the British forces during the Norwegian campaign
8th June Final day of the evacuation of the British forces from Norway
1940	Siege of Narvik
28th May Narvik Britain forces the German troops make a tactical withdrawal from Narvik
1941	Commander
Gazala Appointed Commander of the 8th Army, after its defeat by Rommel at Gazala
Gazala Appointed Commander of the 8th Army
1st July Appointed Commander-in-Chief
1941	Crusader
Mounts the successful Crusader Offensive to relieve Tobruk November
3rd Nov Postpones Operation Crusader 1 week to enable the Sth Africa Division more training
18th Nov Tobruk Operation Crusader, to relieve, Tobruk is launched
1941	Field Marshal
Appointed Commander-in-Chief
1941	Invasion of Cyrenaica
2nd Sep Cyrenaica Alan Cunningham is charged with relieving Tobruk & the re-conquest of Cyrenaica
1941	Invasion of Iran
25th Aug British & Soviet troops invade Iran
26th Aug Abadan British troops complete the occupation of the Abadan oilfields in Iran
27th Aug A Government more sympathetic had been formed & asks the Allies for a cease-fire
29th Aug A ceasefire is agreed between the Allies & Iran
10th Sep The Allies demand that Iran expel all Axis Nationals within 48 hrs, an impossible task
17th Sep Tehran Russian & British troops occupy Tehran
1941	North Africa
26th July London States he will not be able to attack Rommel until mid November
2nd Sep Tobruk Alan Cunningham is charged with relieving Tobruk & the re-conquest of Cyrenaica
1941	Offensive
27th Sep Tobruk The Australian Brigade in Tobruk is relieved by British troops
1941	Siege of Cyrenaica
2nd Sep Cyrenaica Alan Cunningham is charged with relieving Tobruk & the re-conquest of Cyrenaica
1941	Siege of Tehran
17th Sep Tehran Russian & British troops occupy Tehran
1941	Siege of Tobruk
2nd Sep Tobruk Charged with carrying out operation Crusader to relieve Tobruk & re-capture Cyrenaica
4th Dec Tobruk Erwin Rommel is forced to abandon his siege of Tobruk
1942	Battle of Alamein, El
1st July Alamein, El Neither side can claim victory but the Allies gain shorter supply lines
27th July Alamein, El Final day of the 1st Battle of El Alamein
1942	Battle of Alam Halfa
30th Aug Alam Halfa Forsees German plans to attack El Alamein & frustrates their attempts at Alam Halfa
1942	Dismissal
8th Aug Advised that he is being relieved of his command of the 8th Army
1942	Field Marshal
July Tobruk Appointed Commander of the 8th Army after the fall of Tobruk
1942	Meeting Churchill
5th Aug Advised he cannot be C-in-C Middle East & Command the 8th Army
5th Aug Agrees to appoint a new Commander for the 8th Army
5th Aug Churchill visits Auchinleck at the 8th Army HQ in the Egyptian desert
1943	Commander
London Appointed Commander-in-Chief in India
1946	Field Marshal
London Appointed Field Marshal
1947	Supreme Commander
London Appointed Supreme Commander of the British forces in India & Pakistan