History and chronology of Wavell Wavell, 1st in Great Britain

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Government Coalition
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World War, 1st
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Battleaxe
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Battle Tobruk
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Wavell Wavell, 1st History of Great Britain


1918	Chief of Staff
15th April London Appointed Chief-of-Staff of XX Corps
1918	Siege of Jerusalem
17th Dec Jerusalem Present at Allenby's entry into Jerusalem
1933	Major
Appointed Major General
1937	Commander
Appointed Commander-in-Chief in Palestine
1938	Lieutenant
Appointed Lieutenant General
1939	Commander
Aug Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Middle East
Aug Cairo Establishes his HQ in Cairo
1940	Battle of Halfaya Pass
16th June Halfaya Pass 200 of the Western Desert Force tanks are destroyed
16th June Halfaya Pass Rommel orders his Panzers to remove the British from Halfaya
1940	General
Appointed General
1940	Invasion of Egypt
Sep The Italians invade Egypt
21st Sep London Mussolini calls off the invasion
21st Sep London Plans to attack the Italians now he has superior forces
9th Dec The Italians are driven out of Egypt in the 1st major British offensive of the War
1940	North Africa
9th Dec Tobruk Opens a counter-offensive threatening Tripoli, the fascist capital in nth Africa
1940	Siege of Tobruk
9th Dec Tobruk Opens a counter-offensive threatening Tripoli, captital of fascist nth Africa
1941	Battleaxe
15th June Tobruk Launched to relieve Tobruk & break the Axis defenses on the Egypt-Libya border
15th June Tobruk The operation is a failure & Wavell is replaced by Auchinleck
16th June Tobruk A German counterattack forces the Allies the retreat
1941	Battle of Halfaya Pass
17th June Halfaya Pass Wavell attempts a counter-attack but his troops are stopped
17th June Halfaya Pass Wavell is later replaced by General Claude Auchinleck
1941	Battle of Tobruk
22nd Jan Tobruk The British capture the port of Tobruk in Libya from the Italians
1941	Battle of Western Desert
Feb Wavell's 30,000 men have counterattacj the Italians, advance 500 miles & take 130,000
1941	Capture
22nd Jan Tobruk The British capture the port of Tobruk in Libya from the Italians
1941	Commander
London Appointed Commander-in-Chief
1941	Convention Acre
15th July London The Vichy French forces in Syria surrender to the Allied forces
1941	Invasion of Italian East Africa
19th Jan British forces in the Sudan led by General Platt attack Italian forces, marks the beginning of Wavell's campaign against Italian East Africa
1941	Siege of Tobruk
22nd Jan Tobruk The British capture the port of Tobruk in Libya from the Italians
17th June Halfaya Pass Wavell attempts a counter-attack but his troops are stopped
1942	Supreme Commander
London Appointed Supreme Commander of Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific
25th Feb London Appointed Supreme Commander of Allied forces in India & Burma
1943	Field Marshal
London Appointed Field Marshal
1943	Peerage
London Created Earl Wavell, 1st
1943	Viceroy
20th Oct London Appointed Viceroy of India, officially installed