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Lieutenant General Sir Oliver William Hargreaves Leese, 3rd Baronet, KCB, CBE, DSO (27 October 1894 – 22 January 1978) was a senior British Army officer who saw distinguished active service during both the world wars.
Sir Oliver William Hargreaves Leese, 3. Baronet, KCB, CBE, DSO (* 27. Oktober 1894 in London; † 22. Januar 1978 in Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Wales) war ein britischer Lieutenant-General während des Zweiten Weltkriegs .
Oliver William Hargreaves Leese war ein Offizier, der dem britischen General Bernard Montgomery sehr nahe stand. Leese kämpfte zunächst in Frankreich, dann in Nordafrika und schließlich auf der italienischen Halbinsel als Befehlshaber der britischen 8. Armee, mit der er an der Schlacht von Monte Cassino teilnahm.
Oliver William Hargreaves Leese was an officer who was very close to the British General, Bernard Montgomery. Leese fought first in France, then in North Africa, and finally along the Italian peninsula in command of the British 8th Army, with which he participated in the Battle of Monte Cassino.
Generals Eisenhower, Montgomery and Bradley returned to England while General Sir Henry Maitland-Wilson took over as theatre commander and Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Leese succeeded Montgomery as commander of Eighth Army.
Oliver Leese was a British general who served in WW1 and WW2. He commanded the Guards Armoured Division, XXX Corps, Eighth Army, and Allied Land Forces South-East Asia, and was involved in the campaigns in France, North Africa, Italy, and Burma.
role in World War II. …commanded by Major General Sir Oliver Leese, from the Adriatic flank of the peninsula to the west, where it was to strengthen the 5th Army’s pressure around Monte Cassino and on the approaches to the valley of the Liri (headstream of the Garigliano).
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