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British General Alan Brooke...

history · 19 July 1940 · 85 years ago

British General Alan Brooke took over as Commander-in-Chief of Home Forces, relieving Edmund Ironside. Ironside was promoted to Field Marshal as consolation; he had only been at the helm of Home Forces for two months. 

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