Background
Claude Auchinleck was born Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, in June 1884 at Aldershot, England.
( For nearly 150 years, the secret society of the Assassi...)
For nearly 150 years, the secret society of the Assassins used subterfuge, intimidation, and even assassination to control the Middle East, from Syria to Persia. Carried out from a remote castle in northwest Iran, called the Alamut, this vast reign of terror was reaching its zenith in the early 12th century. But by 1256, the Assassins had disappeared without a trace and their strongholds became ruins. This is the account of the Alamut Valley exploration that in 1960 recorded the social and archaeological history of the castles, the valley, and its ruthless inhabitants.
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Claude Auchinleck was born Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, in June 1884 at Aldershot, England.
He graduated from Wellington College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and in 1904 was assigned to the Sixty-Second Punjab Regiment as a second lieutenant.
He served in India until the outbreak of World War I, when he went first to Egypt and then to Aden. In 1916 he was transferred to Mesopotamia, and during his three years' service there he was awarded the D. S. O. , the O. B. E. , and at the end of the war, the Croix de Guerre. After returning to India with his regiment, Auchinleck won distinction in 1933 in an expedition against Afghan tribesmen at the Khyber Pass. In 1936 he became the deputy chief of the General Staff in India, and from 1938 to 1940 he served as commander of the Meerut District. An exponent of armored warfare, Auchinleck is given the credit for motorizing the Indian Army. In May 1940, after the outbreak of World War II, he was sent to Norway as commander of the British Expeditionary Force. He captured and then lost Narvik. After withdrawing from Norway, Auchinleck became commander in chief of the Southern Command in England. In December 1940 he was appointed commander of the British Army in India, and in 1941 he replaced General Archibald Wavell as commander in chief in the Middle East. In this capacity Auchinleck made plans for the British offensive which eventually drove the Germans out of northern Africa. In June 1943 he was succeeded by Sir Harold Alexander and returned to India as commander in chief, serving in that post until the realization of Indian independence in 1947. He retired from the army in 1948 and died in Marrakesh, Morocco, on Mar. 23, 1981.
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