Word: guingand
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Most generals, he says, kill themselves with detail work; as for Monty himself, he always "works on the chief of staff." The operational planning brain of his "first eleven" is his present chief of staff, little-known, nervous, brilliant, squeaky-voiced Major General Francis Wilfred ("Freddie") de Guingand. Freddie handles Monty's Intelligence and operations. Personnel and supply problems go to Major General Miles William Arthur Peel Graham, who has virtually revolutionized British Army supply methods. Both men are with him now in Normandy...
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