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| | Auchinleck, Sir Claude John Eyre - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | AUCHINLECK, SIR CLAUDE JOHN EYRE [Auchinleck, Sir Claude John Eyre], 1884-1981, British field marshal. |
 | | In World War II he commanded briefly (1940) at Narvik, Norway, then in building defenses in England and in India (1940-41). |
 | | After succeeding (July, 1941) Gen. Sir Archibald P. Wavell in the Middle East Command, he launched, in Nov., 1941, a campaign into Libya, but in June, 1942, his forces were thrust back into Egypt. |
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