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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Archibald Wavell
		Wavell however was able to not only defend against the Italian attacks but to defeat the Italians and occupy their colonies in Ethiopia and Somaliland.
		Wavell was replaced as Commander of British forces in the Middle East by Claude Auchinleck in July 1941.
		Wavell, despite his abilities, did not have the resources to defend the territory he was responsible for and was unable to prevent the Japanese from capturing Singapore, Burma.
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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
		Wavell was replaced as Commander of British forces in the Middle East by Sir Claude Auchinleck in July 1941.
		Wavell, despite his abilities, did not have the resources to defend the territory he was responsible for and was unable to prevent the Japanese from capturing Singapore, Malaya, and Burma.
		Wavell was against the Partition of India, as he knew this would lead to bloodshed which neither Indians nor the British would be able to control.
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	The World at War (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Archibald Wavell was born on the 5th of May, 1883 in Colchester, England.
		Wavell, however, proved to be no match for the weak German forces under the masterful direction of General Rommel and he was removed in July 1941.
		Replaced in June of 1943, Wavell was promoted on the strength of his early victories to field marshal and raised to the peerage as Viscount Wavell of Cyrenaica and Winchester and appointed Viceroy of India, a position he held until 1947.
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	Wikipedia: Archibald Wavell
		Sir Archibald Wavell (May 5, 1883 - May 24, 1950) was a British General and the commander of British Army forces in the Middle East during World War II.
		Wavell attended the Winchester College and the Sandhurst Military Academy.
		After World War II, Wavell was named Viceroy of India until Indian independence was realised in 1947.
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	Archibald Wavell (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Wavell var en højt respekteret og fremragende general som havde det uheld altid at blive sendt til umulige situationer, men som altid gjorde en god figur.
		Wavell var med sin vestlige ørkenstyrke, selvom de var stærkt undertallige og underforsynet, i stand til at drive italienerne ud af Egypten den 4.
		I februar fulgte Wavell sin egyptiske sejr op med en række offensiver i Østafrika som førte til den italienske overgivelse af Addis Abab den 6.
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	::General Archibald Wavell::
		Wavell's first enemy in the area was Italy led by Benito Mussolini.
		Wavell's main task was to organise the British forces in the region so that British territory was protected against a Japanese attack.
		In 1947, Wavell was replaced by Lord Louis Mountbatten in India and he became Lord Lieutenant of the County of London.
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		Wavell returned to England and was made High Steward of Colchester in 1947.
		In the same year, he was created Earl Wavell, a title he passed to his son Archibald upon his death in 1950.
		Wavell Heights, a suburb in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, was named after him in 1941, after a request by the Brisbane City Council to rename an area previously known as West Nundah.
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	Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell - Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Wavell, Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl, 1883-1950, British field marshal and viceroy of India.
		In World War II, Wavell was commander in chief of the Middle East, in which capacity he put to rout the Italian forces in Cyrenaica (see North Africa, campaigns in), only to be forced back later in 1941 by the Axis drive.
		He was created Viscount Wavell of Cyrenaica and Winchester in 1943 and earl in 1947.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Wavell-A.html (342 words)

	Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell Summary
		Archibald Graham Wavell, was born on May 5, 1883, at Colchester.
		Wavell was a likable and many-sided man who always had the respect and confidence of his men.
		Wavell as Viceroy of India (centre), with the C-in-C of the Indian Army Auchinleck (right) and Montgomery.
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	Archibald Wavell Biography
		Wavell attended Winchester College and Sandhurst Military Academy.
		He fought in the second Boer War, World War I, and World War II, when he served as Commander of British forces in the Middle East until he was replaced by Claude Auchinleck in 1941.
		In 1943, Wavell was named Viceroy of India,l again being replaced in his military post by Auchinleck, until shortly before Indian independence was realised in 1947.
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	Archibald Wavell: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		He succeeded Archibald Wavell as C-in-C of the Allied forces in the Middle East in July...
		General Archibald Wavell instructed Morshead to hold the fortress for eight weeks while...
		Sir Archibald Wavell, during World War II, was a British General and the commander of British Army forces in the Middle East, where he led British forces to victory over the Italians, only to be defeated by the German army.
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	Wavell Archibald Percival 1st Earl Wavell - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess and 8th Earl of (1598-1661), Scottish statesman, great-grandson of the 5th earl.
		Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of (1530-1573), Scottish general and statesman.
		Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of (1629-1685), Scottish nobleman, son of the 8th earl.
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	Archibald Wavell
		Sir Archibald Wavell (May 5, 1883 - May 24, 1950) was a British General and the commander of British Army forces in the Middle East during World War II.
		Wavell attended the Winchester College and the Sandhurst Military Academy.
		After World War II, Wavell was named Viceroy of India until Indian independence was realised in 1947.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/a/ar/archibald_wavell.html (164 words)

	Archibald Wavell
		Sir Archibald Wavell, during World War II, was a British General and the commander of British Army forces in the Middle East, where he led British forces to victory over the Italians, only to be defeated by the German army.
		Born May 5, 1883, Wavell attended the Winchester College and Sandhurst Military Academy[?].
		After World War II, Wavell was named Viceroy of India until Indian independence was realised in 1947.
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		The module is named for the British General Archibald Wavell who, as Commander in Chief of British forces in the Middle East, would fight across five different fronts from the Balkan Alps to the savannas of Kenya.
		Wavell’s War is a limited edition publication and is expected to sell out quickly.
		Wavell's War is not a stand-alone game but instead, links these two existing games together.
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	The Hindu : A Viceroy's reading list
		Wavell had been sent to India by Winston Churchill as a sort of punishment posting.
		Wavell's initiative was saluted by an Indian on his staff, V.P. Menon.
		It was Wavell who pressed London to set a clear time-table for the British withdrawal, and it was Wavell who facilitated the formation of an Interim Government of Indians.
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	Archibald Wavell (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Archibald Wavell attended the Royal Military College at Sandhurst and served in the second Boer War, as well as in India.
		Wavell was transfered to Asia, commanding British forces first in India and then in Southeast Asia.
		After military setbacks in that theater, the command was abolished and Wavell was made Viceroy of India.
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	General Sir Archibald Wavell 1883 — 1950
		Wavell was educated at Winchester College, the original Public School, and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst where he graduated top of his class.
		Wavell was appointed as Commander-in-Chief of the newly created Middle East Command on 2 August 1939 and it was under his command that O’Connor routed the Italian forces advancing into Egypt.
		One of the major problems he faced was his relationship with the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, whose complete underestimation of Wavell was made worse by his constantly trying to interfere with his command.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/people_wavell.html (474 words)

	General Sir Archibald Percival Wavell
		He was born on 5 May 1883 in Colchester, Essex, the son of Major-General A.G. Wavell CBE.
		Wavell was educated at Winchester College, the Royal Military College at Standhurst and then the Staff College.
		Appointed to 42nd Highland Regiment (The Black Watch) in 1901 and served in the South African Boer War, medal with four clasps.
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	Archibald Wavell
		On the outbreak of the First World War Wavell, now a brigade major, was sent to France as a member of the British Expeditionary Force.
		Wavell attempted a counter-attack on 17th June, 1941, but his troops were halted at Halfaya Pass.
		After Japan entered the war by bombing Pearl Harbor on 7th December, 1941, Wavell was sent to Burma to organize its defences against the Japanese Army.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWwavell.htm (1025 words)

	Wavell on the Bull - TIME
		General Wavell took his course of sprouts in desert warfare under General Allenby in Palestine, and frankly acknowledges his debt to the older man. But it is extraordinary to what extent Sir Archibald, as he suddenly appeared to the world in the Libyan campaign, fell into the Allenby mold.
		Most of the reasons which General Wavell gives for General Allenby's excellence as a general apply equally to Sir Archibald himself.
		Allenby's irascibility (his men called him "The Bull", which Sir Archibald did not inherit, is the one exception.
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	SIXTY YEARS AGO: Dateline Early 1942 - North African Theater of Operations
		In this case, British General Sir Archibald Wavell would later find himself reassigned to Indonesia where his skills would come in handy at Balikpapan on the Island of Borneo.
		They established an outpost some sixty miles inside Egypt that was to hold until December, when British General Sir Archibald Wavell launched a counter-offensive that would drive the Italians back some 400 miles to Beda Fomm.
		Wavell was then dispatched to India, replaced on 21 June 1941, by General Sir Claude Auchinleck.
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	Wavell, Archibald Percival, 1st Earl Wavell - MSN Encarta
		Wavell, Archibald Percival, 1st Earl Wavell - MSN Encarta
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	Fältherreegenskaper enligt fältmarskalk Wavell
		Den blivande lorden, fältmarskalken och vicekungen Archibald Wavell föddes 1883 och utnämndes till fänrik i höglandsregementet ”The Black Watch” 1901.
		I november 1914 blev Wavell brigadstabschef vid fronten i Frankrike, där han året därpå förlorade ena ögat.
		I samband med revolutionen lämnade Wavell Ryssland, befordrades till överstelöjtnant och skickades till Mellanöstern.
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	Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell information - Search.com
		Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell information - Search.com
		In 1903, he was transferred to India and fought in the Bazar Valley campaign of 1908.
		Wavell returned to England, where he died in 1950.
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		"When General Wavell rightly decided to evacuate Somaliland, and carried out a brillant retreat, Churchill complained that his casualties had been too light.
		Wavell sent him a telegram, 'Butchery is not the mark of a good tactician,' and that was the end of him."
		Wavell, Archibald Percival, First Earl (1883-1950) British field marshal; viceroy of India (1943-47) [noted for his defeat - in World War II - of the Italians in Africa and for his valiant efforts to stem the Japanese tide in southeast Asia]
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	WW2DB: Archibald Wavell
		In the first phases of WW2, Wavell's smaller British army regularly defeated the numerically superior Italian troops in northern and eastern Africa.
		Losing the confidence of Winston Churchill, Wavell was transferred out of the Middle East to India in Jul 1941.
		He enjoyed strong popular support from the people for his ability to understand the needs of the people while not losing sight of the war against the Japanese in Burma.
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		Special Order of the Day by General Sir Archibald P. Wavell
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