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Harold Alexander

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British Army officer field marshal human military leader

Harold Alexander was a prominent British field marshal of World War II, noted for his leadership in major Allied campaigns including North Africa and Italy.

Aliases (3)

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer → field marshal → human → military leader →
allegiance	United Kingdom →
awardReceived	Distinguished Service Order → Military Cross → Order of Merit → Order of the Bath → Order of the Garter →
conflict	World War I → World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
familyName	Alexander →
fullName	Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander →
givenName	Harold →
honorificSuffix	1st Earl Alexander of Tunis →
memberOf	House of Lords →
militaryBranch	British Army →
militaryRank	Field Marshal → Lieutenant-General → Major-General →
nobleTitle	Baron Rideau → Earl Alexander of Tunis → Viscount Alexander of Tunis →
notableFor	leadership in Italian campaign in World War II → leadership in North African campaign in World War II →
notableWork	command of Allied forces in Italy → command of Allied forces in Sicily → command of Allied forces in Tunisia → supervision of Dunkirk evacuation (rear-guard) →
occupation	politician → soldier →
positionHeld	Commander-in-Chief Allied Armies in Italy → Commander-in-Chief Middle East → Governor General of Canada → Minister of Defence of the United Kingdom →

Referenced by (30)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
15th Army Group ("Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis") → Allied Expeditionary Force in North Africa → Allied invasion of Sicily ("Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis") → Battle for Rome → Battle of Dunkirk → Battle of Monte Cassino → Battle of Salerno → British Eighth Army → Husky → Operation Avalanche → Operation Avalanche → Operation Slapstick →	commander
15th Army Group ("Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis") → Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command → Eighth Army → Eighth Army (United Kingdom) → Italian campaign → Tunisian campaign →	notableCommander
Commander-in-Chief Allied Armies in Italy → Middle East theatre of World War II → North African campaign →	commandedBy
Dodecanese campaign →	alliedCommander
Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander ("Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis") →	alsoKnownAs
Baron Rideau ("Field Marshal Harold Alexander") →	associatedWith
Royal Military College, Sandhurst ("Field Marshal Harold Alexander") →	hasAlumni
Battle of El Alamein →	hasCommander
Harold Alexander, 1st Baron Rideau ("Field Marshal Harold Alexander") →	honorificTitle
Baron Rideau →	nobleTitleFor
Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command ("General Sir Harold Alexander") →	officeHolder
Monty →	workedWith