William Slim

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British Army officer field marshal human military leader

William Slim was a British field marshal renowned for his leadership of Allied forces in the Burma Campaign during World War II, where he orchestrated a major turnaround against Japanese forces in the Southeast Asian theater.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
William Slim canonical	11
Lieutenant-General William Slim	4
William Joseph Slim	4
Field Marshal William Slim	1
General Sir William Slim	1
Lieutenant General Sir William Slim	1
Sir William Slim	1
Viscount Slim	1
William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer ⓘ field marshal ⓘ human ⓘ military leader ⓘ
allegiance	United Kingdom ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bill Slim ⓘ William Slim ⓘ surface form: Viscount Slim
awardReceived	Distinguished Service Order ⓘ Military Cross ⓘ Order of Merit ⓘ Order of the Bath ⓘ
birthCountry	United Kingdom ⓘ
birthPlace	Bristol ⓘ
commanded	Burma Corps ⓘ Fourteenth Army ⓘ I Corps (British Army) ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
deathPlace	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
describedAs	one of Britain's greatest World War II generals ⓘ
educatedAt	King Edward's School, Birmingham ⓘ Defence Academy of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Staff College, Camberley
fullName	William Slim self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: William Joseph Slim
genre	military memoir ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	House of Lords ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
militaryRank	Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ surface form: Field Marshal
nobleTitle	Viscount in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
notableFor	command of Allied forces in the Southeast Asian theater ⓘ leadership in the Burma Campaign ⓘ turnaround against Japanese forces in Burma ⓘ
notableWork	Defeat Into Victory ⓘ
occupation	author ⓘ colonial administrator ⓘ soldier ⓘ
opponent	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
positionHeld	Chief of the Imperial General Staff (acting, air representative) ⓘ surface form: Chief of the Imperial General Staff Commander of the British Fourteenth Army ⓘ Governor-General of Australia ⓘ
servedIn	Burma campaign ⓘ surface form: Burma Campaign Battle of Gallipoli ⓘ surface form: Gallipoli campaign Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ⓘ surface form: Mesopotamian campaign
strategicApproach	combined arms and air-ground cooperation ⓘ emphasis on morale and training ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	Myanmar ⓘ surface form: Burma Southeast Asia ⓘ
title	1st Viscount Slim ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CBI Theater → notableCommander → William Slim ⓘ

Burma campaign → commander → William Slim ⓘ

William Slim → fullName → William Slim self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Joseph Slim

William Slim → alsoKnownAs → William Slim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Viscount Slim

Operation Dracula → commander → William Slim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lieutenant General Sir William Slim

Fourteenth Army → commander → William Slim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lieutenant-General William Slim

Fourteenth Army → commander → William Slim ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim

United Kingdom (indirectly via Burma operations) → notableCommanderInBurmaOperations → William Slim ⓘ

subject surface form: United Kingdom

Battle of Palmyra → commander → William Slim ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Joseph Slim

Bill Slim → fullName → William Slim ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Joseph Slim

Defeat Into Victory → author → William Slim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Field Marshal William Slim

Burma Corps → commander → William Slim ⓘ

Burma Corps → notableCommander → William Slim ⓘ

Burma Corps → commanderOf → William Slim ⓘ

1st Viscount Slim → name → William Slim ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Joseph Slim

Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia → commander → William Slim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sir William Slim

U-Go offensive → opposingCommander → William Slim ⓘ

Burma Theater → notableCommander → William Slim ⓘ

Forgotten Army → commander → William Slim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lieutenant-General William Slim

Forgotten Army → commander → William Slim ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Sir William Slim

IV Corps (British India) → commander → William Slim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lieutenant-General William Slim

IV Corps (British India) → notableCommander → William Slim ⓘ

Rangoon operation → hasCommander → William Slim ⓘ

British IV Corps → commander → William Slim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lieutenant-General William Slim