A journal of his experiences, while General Claude Auchinleck was in command, during the second year of WW II, mostly in the Western Desert of North Africa.
On the evening of the 11 July, British Lieutenant-General Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief of the Middle East Command, received a wireless message from Dentz proposing the suspension of hostilities six hours later, at midnight.
General Claude Auchinleck, who had replaced Wavell as C-in-C Middle East Command in Cairo, agreed in principle, but was not anxious to expedite the operation because a troop movement of this size would have to be made by fast warships during moonless periods of the month (because of the risk of air attacks to shipping) at a time when every resource needed to be concentrated on the planned Operation Crusader.
Claude Monet | Claude Debussy | Claude Lorrain | Claude François | Jean-Claude Van Damme | Claude Lévi-Strauss | Claude Royet-Journoud | Claude Chabrol | Jean-Claude Carrière | Claude Vivier | Claude Shannon | Claude Berri | Jean-Claude Colin | Claude Rains | Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne | Christo and Jeanne-Claude | Jean-Claude Gérard | Claude Lelouch | Claude Jade | Claude Garamond | Claude Bolling | Claude Auchinleck | Jean-Claude Duvalier | Claude Thornhill | Claude Simon | Claude Nicollier | Claude Mollet | Claude Lecouteux | Claude Joseph Vernet | Claude Dubois |
The parade was commanded by Lt. Col. Aftab Ahmad Khan and led by Field Marshall Sir Claude Auchinleck former Commander-in-Chief.
In August 1942, Prime Minister Winston Churchill removed General Sir Claude Auchinleck as Commander-in-Chief Middle East and acting General Officer Commanding Eighth Army.