This site is a great reference tool for Generals from all countries who participated in WW2. Steen Ammentorp from Denmark has done a marvellous job updating this website over many years and I recommend it to you. The links pages at his site have some wonderful information: eg. http://france1940.free.fr/ http://www.generals.dk/ "About the project This project attempts to create a biographical database, which covers the army generals of all participating countries of the Second World War. At the moment the database contains 17653 short biographical sketches of the army generals of World War 2. However, taking into account the scope of the project, the information on each general will vary in detail. Some generals have only been identified and listed with their last names, while others are listed with full names and sketches of their military careers. I am engaged in the quest for further biographical information on the generals and as a result there will be continual updates. To find information on a specific general use the Search function or just click on The Generals and then choose the country of origin. I hope that you will find this a useful reference tool." Best Regards Steen Ammentorp, Librarian DB., M.L.I.Sc.
Field Marshall William Joseph (Viscount) Slim (1891 - 1970) One of my favourite Generals! http://www.generals.dk/general/Slim/William_Joseph_Viscount/Great_Britain.html Slim William Joseph Viscount, Field Marshal (1891 – 1970) (Indian Army) Nickname: Uncle Bill 1934 - 1936 Instructor at Staff College Camberley Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion 7th Gurkha Rifles 1939 Commandant of Senior Officers' School, India 1939 - 1941 Commanding Officer 10th Indian Brigade, Eritrea 1941 Wounded 1941- 1942 General Officer Commanding 10th Indian Division, Syria 1942 General Officer Commanding BurCorps, Burma 1942 - 1943 General Officer Commanding XV Indian Corps, Burma 1943 Acting General Officer Commanding Eastern Army 1943 - 1945 General Officer Commanding 14th Army, Burma 1945 Commander in Chief Allied Land Forces South-East Asia 1946 - 1947 Commandant of Imperial Defence College 1948 Retired 1948 Recalled 1948 - 1952 Chief Imperial General Staff, War Office 1952 - 1960 Governor-General & Commander in Chief of Australia
Field Marshall Erwin Rommel Field Marshall Erwin Rommel. Read about his Army History here: Rommel, Field Marshal Erwin (1891-1944)
Wow, that site is bloody huge! Good post, Spidgeman. Our dog's namesake: http://www.generals.dk/general/Montgomery_of_Alamein/Bernard_Law_Viscount/Great_Britain.html Died the year I was born.
Lieutenant-General - Sir Leslie James Morshead(1889 – 1959) http://www.generals.dk/general/Morshead/Sir_Leslie_James/Australia.html Morshead Sir Leslie James, Lieutenant-General (1889 – 1959) The Australian General of Fortress Tobruk 1941 and Commander of the 9th Australian Division at El Alamein.
Rodolfo Marquis, Marshal of Italy, Graziani (1882 – 1955) Graziani Rodolfo Marquis, Marshal of Italy (1882 – 1955) http://www.generals.dk/general/Graziani/Rodolfo_Marquis/Italy.html When Italy declared war on June 10, 1940 against Britain and France, the British position in North Africa seemed hopelessly outmatched. UK Army General Percival Wavell commanded 40,000 Dominion soldiers caught between 200,000 Italian troops in Libya and 250,000 to the south in Ethiopia and Somaliland. Wavell sent 30,000 troops on December 9 under UK Army General Richard O’Connor to reclaim Sidi Barrani, Egypt, 65 miles inside Egypt’s border with Libya. The Italians had heavily fortified the town, but the British caught them by surprise and took 20,000 prisoners. The enterprising O’Connor then turned the large-scale raid into a full-scale invasion of Libya, taking more prisoners and occupying Tobruk , Benghazi, and the whole of the Libyan province of Cyrenaica. 130,000 Italian prisoners march towards Egypt.
Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim von Arnim Hans-Jürgen, Colonel-General http://www.generals.dk/general/von_Arnim/Hans-Jürgen/Germany.html Col. General Dietloff von Arnim, the Prussian Commander in Chief of the Axis forces in North Africa, has been captured. In all, 150,000 POWs were taken since May 5, when the final assaults on Tunis and Bizerte began. This brings to 400,000 the total of Axis prisoners taken since the North African campaign.
General Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor (1889 – 1981) O'Connor Sir Richard Nugent, General (1889 – 1981) http://www.generals.dk/general/O'Connor/Sir_Richard_Nugent/Great_Britain.html Wavell sent 30,000 troops on December 9 under UK Army General Richard O’Connor to reclaim Sidi Barrani, Egypt, 65 miles inside Egypt’s border with Libya. The Italians had heavily fortified the town, but the British caught them by surprise and took 20,000 prisoners. The enterprising O’Connor then turned the large-scale raid into a full-scale invasion of Libya, taking more prisoners and occupying Tobruk , Benghazi, and the whole of the Libyan province of Cyrenaica. 130,000 Italian prisoners march towards Egypt.
General Ira Clarence Eaker (1896 – 1987) (USAAF) Eaker Ira Clarence, General (1896 – 1987) (USAAF) http://www.generals.dk/general/Eaker/Ira_Clarence/USA.html
General Carl Andrew Spaatz (1891 – 1974) (USAAF/USAF) Spaatz Carl Andrew, General (1891 – 1974) (USAAF/USAF) Nickname: Tooey http://www.generals.dk/general/Spaatz/Carl_Andrew/USA.html
General of the Air Force Henry Harley Arnold (1886 – 1950) (USAAF) Arnold Henry Harley, General of the Air Force (1886 – 1950) (USAAF) Nickname: Hap http://www.generals.dk/general/Arnold/Henry_Harley/USA.html
Lieutenant-General Guy Granville Simonds (1903 – 1974) Canadian General Simonds Guy Granville, Lieutenant-General (1903 – 1974) http://www.generals.dk/general/Simonds/Guy_Granville/Canada.html
General Henry Duncan Graham Crerar (1888 – 1965) Canadian General Crerar Henry Duncan Graham, General (1888 – 1965) http://www.generals.dk/general/Crerar/Henry_Duncan_Graham/Canada.html
Marshal of Tank Troops Pavel Semenovich (23 Oct 1894 – 28 Apr 1948) Rybalko Pavel Semenovich, Marshal of Tank Troops (23 Oct 1894 – 28 Apr 1948) View attachment 504 http://www.generals.dk/general/Rybalko/Pavel_Semenovich/Soviet_Union.html
Field Marshal Bernard Law Viscount, Montgomery of AlameinField Marshal (1887 – 1976) Montgomery of Alamein Bernard Law Viscount, Field Marshal (1887 – 1976) Nickname: Monty http://www.generals.dk/general/Montgomery_of_Alamein/Bernard_Law_Viscount/Great_Britain.html
General of the Army George Catlett Marshall (1880 – 1959) Marshall George Catlett, General of the Army (1880 – 1959) http://www.generals.dk/general/Marshall/George_Catlett/USA.html
Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Gwyne Horrocks (1895 – 1985) Horrocks Sir Brian Gwyne, Lieutenant-General (1895 – 1985) Nickname: Jorrocks View attachment 503 http://www.generals.dk/general/Horrocks/Sir_Brian_Gwyne/Great_Britain.html
General Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor (1889 – 1981) O'Connor Sir Richard Nugent, General (1889 – 1981) View attachment 502 http://www.generals.dk/general/O'Connor/Sir_Richard_Nugent/Great_Britain.html
General George Smith Patton Jr. GCB, KBE (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Patton View attachment 565 General George Smith Patton Jr. GCB, KBE (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a leading U.S. Army general in World War II in campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany, 1943–1945. In World War I he was a senior commander of the new tank corps and saw action in France. After the war he was an advocate of armored warfare but was reassigned to the cavalry. In World War II he commanded major units of North Africa, Sicily, and the European Theater of Operations. The popular image of "Old Blood and Guts" contrasts with historians' image of a brilliant military leader whose record was marred by insubordination and some periods of apparent instability.
Lieutenant-General Richard Clark Lindsay (31 Oct 1905 – 03 Nov 1990) (USAAF/USAF) Now this was a very busy guy. Check out his wrap sheet! http://www.generals.dk/general/Lindsay/Richard_Clark/USA.html Lindsay Richard Clark, Lieutenant-General (31 Oct 1905 – 03 Nov 1990) (USAAF/USAF)
