Word: auchinleck
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Thus we may virtually rule out the idea of victory short of complete war. Auchinleck, Wavell, and de Gaulle have all stated flatly that invasion of the continent is the only way a Crush Hitler policy can be effected, yet though this is our declared aim, the possibilities of a successful AEF are openly discussed by no national leaders. The facts that relate to it are by no means encouraging. To me they look hopeless, and because of that, I think the defeat of Hitler and restoration of a lasting peace must be approached in a different way. The facts...
...patriots oppose this effort hopelessly to entangle American now in a war which certainly cannot be fought until considerably later, if it must be fought at all, and for which Auchinleck and Wavell have already demanded...
Though General Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck will probably remain Commander in Chief of both, Cairo did not say who would lead the separate armies. Best guess: veteran General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson would take over the Western Desert Army, Australia's General Sir Thomas Albert Blarney the Syrian...
...would do with them, he answered: "Eat them myself, of course, in Teheran on Tuesday." This week, sure enough, Sir Archibald was in Iran, nearly 3,000 miles by air from the Dorset downs. He had stopped on the way for urgent discussion with General Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, commanding in the Middle East. In Teheran he talked with the Russian commander in Iran, Major General Vassili Novikox. A British mission flew to Tiflis in the Caucasus for further discussions. The implication of these scurryings was obvious...
...canal in June, before Hitler turned back to Russia, were going to try to revise the scenario from here in. They were busy at the outposts. Iraq and Iran would now at least be buffers. Britain's Middle Eastern Commander in Chief General Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck flew to Cyprus, where he declared himself well satisfied with defenses, particularly air fields, which had been rushed into being to prevent a Crete repeat...