William Slim (1891–1970)
Författare till Defeat into Victory: Battling Japan in Burma and India, 1942–1945
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Field-Marshal Viscount William Joseph Slim (1891-1970) was a soldier for more than thirty years, starting in World War I. He was knighted in 1944, promoted to full general in 1945, and made a field-marshal in 1948.
Verk av William Slim
Defeat into Victory ... Abridged edition 2 exemplar
The English Colonel 1 exemplar
A Close Shave 1 exemplar
The General Wondered Why 1 exemplar
Defeat into Victory 1 exemplar
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Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Slim, William Joseph
- Andra namn
- Uncle Bill
- Födelsedag
- 1891-07-06
- Avled
- 1970-12-14
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK (birth)
- Födelseort
- Bishopston, England, UK
- Dödsort
- London, England, UK
- Bostadsorter
- Birmingham, England, UK
- Utbildning
- St Philip's School, Birmingham, England, UK
King Edward's School, Birmingham, England, UK
Birmingham University Officers' Training Corps
Indian Staff College, Quetta, India - Yrken
- army officer
Governor-general, Australia (1953-1960)
Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle
Chief of the Imperial General Staff (1949-1952) - Organisationer
- British Army
Indian Army
Australian Government - Priser och utmärkelser
- Order of the Garter (Knight Companion, 1959)
Order of the Bath (Knight Grand Cross, 1950)
Order of St Michael and St George (Knight Grand Cross, 1952)
Royal Victorian Order (Knight Grand Cross, 1954)
Order of the British Empire (Knight Grand Cross, 1946)
Distinguished Service Order (1943) (visa alla 9)
Military Cross (1918)
Order of St John (Knight of Justice, 1953)
Peerage - Kort biografi
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_...
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Statistik
- Verk
- 9
- Även av
- 1
- Medlemmar
- 461
- Popularitet
- #53,308
- Betyg
- 4.3
- Recensioner
- 14
- ISBN
- 18
- Språk
- 1