Oliver Leese

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Oliver Leese

British general

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World War II
The Italian front, 1944
…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). The combined attack, which was started in…
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…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). The combined attack, which was started in…
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World War II
Burma and China, October 1944–May 1945
…the China theater and Sir Oliver Leese commander of the land forces under Mountbatten.
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…the China theater and Sir Oliver Leese commander of the land forces under Mountbatten.
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