Generals of WWII North Africa and Europe

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Generals of WWIINorth Africa and Europe

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General Omar Nelson Bradley

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• Country USA
• Army Commanded Field Commander in North Africa,
  Commanding General 1st Army(1943-1944), Commander
  and Chief 12th Army Group (1944-1945)
• Major Battles D-Day Invasion, Battle of the
  Bulge
• Accomplishments Picked by General Eisenhower to
  lead the 1st Army group during the D-Day
  Invasion helped to liberate Paris and turned
  back a German counter-offensive at the Battle of
  the Bulge

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General Dwight D. Eisenhower
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• Country USA
• Army Commanded Commander in Chief U.S. forces in
  Europe Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary
  Forces
• Major Battles oversaw Allied forces in Europe.
• Accomplishments successfully planned and
  executed D-Day liberated France and helped
  accomplish an Allied victory over the Axis
  powers.

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General George S. Patton

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• Country USA
• Army Commanded Commanding General Western Task
  Force Commanding General 7th Army Sicily
  Commander in Chief U.S. Army Europe
• Battles Operation Torch (North Africa),
  Operation Husky(Sicily), Operation Cobra
  (Breakout from Normandy), Battle of the Bulge
• Accomplishments success in N. Africa, Italy and
  Europe.

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General George Marshall
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General George Marshall

• Country USA
• Army Commanded Army Chief of Staff 1939-1945
• Battles Helped design and execute the D-Day
  Invasion believed to be too valuable to leave
  the country to command armies in Europe.
• Accomplishments Credited with preparing the U.S.
  military for war by reorganizing it for combat.

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General Bernard Montgomery

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• Country Great Britain
• Army Commanded Commanding General 8th Army North
  Africa and Italy Commander in Chief Land Forces
  for Operation Overlord, Commander in Chief 21st
  Army Group North West Europe.
• Battles El Alamein, D-Day, Operation Market
  Garden (securing bridges in the Netherlands to
  allow for an Allied crossing of the Rhine River),
  Battle of the Bulge
• Accomplishments Victory at El Alamein, D-Day,
  Battle of the Bulge

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Field Marshall Erwin Rommel

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• Country Germany
• Army Commanded General Officer Commanding Panzer
  Group N. Africa, Commander in Chief Army Group B
  Italy/France
• Battles El Alamein, D-Day
• Accomplishments led the 7th Army in the invasion
  of France, early success in N. Africa