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Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis

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Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis , 1891–1969, British field marshal. His long military career began with service in World War I, followed by a period (1934–38) in the North-West Frontier Province, India (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan). In World War II he directed the retreats at Dunkirk (1940) and in Burma (1942). Then, appointed (Aug., 1942) head of the Middle Eastern Command (see North Africa, campaigns in ), he directed the conquest of Sicily (1943) and the bitter fighting in Italy. In 1944, Alexander was made field marshal and Allied commander in chief in the Mediterranean. In 1946 he was appointed governor-general of Canada (holding the post until 1952) and was created viscount. He became minister of defense under Sir Winston Churchill and was raised (1952) to the rank of earl.

Bibliography: See his Alexander Memoirs: 1940–1945 (1962); biography by N. Nicholson (1973); study by W. G. F. Jackson (1972).

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Alexander of Tunis, Harold (Rupert Leofric George), 1st Earl

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Alexander of Tunis, Harold (Rupert Leofric George), 1st Earl (1891–1969) British Field Marshal and Conservative statesman. In World War II he supervised the evacuation from DUNKIRK, the withdrawal from Burma, and the victorious campaigns in North Africa (1943), Sicily, and Italy (1943–45). After the war he became Governor-General of Canada (1946–52) and British Minister of Defence (1952–54).

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