Word: auchinleck
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With an eye on the Clausewitz theory that time and space are the underlying factors that govern strategy, Commander in Chief General Sir Claude John Ayre Auchinleck had taken plenty of time and space to prepare and deploy his forces for battle...
...early this week to say exactly where Cunningham failed or whether it was really he who really failed. Presumably his general and local tactics had failed in battle. It was General Auchinleck's plan to have the Germans cut off from their supplies, retreat, then destroy them...
...Behind these three field commanders was the real boss, General Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, Commander in Chief of the whole Middle East...
...started a week ago the pace has been fast and the stakes high. In spite of the rapid advances made by the British victory is by no means assured. Although the British had the advantage of a surprise attack, many competent authorities fear that the military hand of General Auchinleck may have been prematurely forced by insistent political pressure at home that Britain take the initiative. They point to the ever increasing, almost fanatical desire of the British working people to aid their newly found Russian allies. Recent history shows how popular pressure may override military sagacity. Contrary rumors...
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...