E. L. M. Burns

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Canadian Army officer United Nations official general human military writer

E. L. M. Burns was a Canadian army officer and general who played a prominent role in international peacekeeping, notably serving as a senior commander in early United Nations operations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian Army officer ⓘ
United Nations official ⓘ
general ⓘ
human ⓘ
military writer ⓘ
allegiance Canada ⓘ
awardReceived Companion of the Order of Canada ⓘ
Companion of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Military Cross ⓘ
conflict Battle of Salerno ⓘ
surface form: Allied invasion of Italy

Battle of Monte Cassino ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

Gothic Line offensive ⓘ
Italian campaign ⓘ
surface form: Italian Campaign

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1897-06-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1985-09-13 ⓘ
education McGill University ⓘ
Royal Military College of Canada ⓘ
familyName Burns ⓘ
fieldOfWork international relations ⓘ
military strategy ⓘ
peacekeeping ⓘ
fullName Eedson Louis Millard Burns ⓘ
givenName Eedson ⓘ
militaryBranch Canadian Army ⓘ
militaryRank lieutenant-general ⓘ
major-general ⓘ
notableFor leadership in early United Nations peacekeeping operations ⓘ
service as a senior Canadian Army commander in the Second World War ⓘ
notableWork Between Arab and Israeli ⓘ
Defense in the Nuclear Age ⓘ
General Mud: Memoirs of Two World Wars ⓘ
Manpower in the Canadian Army 1939–1945 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Canada ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ
Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Quebec
placeOfDeath Canada ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Ottawa ⓘ
positionHeld Chief of Staff, Canadian Military Headquarters, London ⓘ
Chief of Staff, First Canadian Army ⓘ
Chief of Staff, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization ⓘ
Chief of the General Staff (Canada) ⓘ
surface form: Chief of the General Staff (Canadian Army)

Commander, 5th Canadian Armoured Division ⓘ
Commander, United Nations Emergency Force ⓘ
General Officer Commanding I Canadian Corps ⓘ
surface form: General Officer Commanding 1st Canadian Corps

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United Nations Emergency Force → commandedBy → E. L. M. Burns ⓘ