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KeyFacts:
Born: 1891
Earl Alexander of Tunis
Died: 1969
KeyWords:
Harold Alexander
Earl Alexander of Tunis
Second World War
Dunkerque
Field-Marshal Montgomery
El Alemein
Erwin Rommel
Supreme Allied Commander in the Mediterranean
Governor-General of Canada
Defence Minister
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Born in Northern Ireland, First Earl Alexander of Tunis was a military leader during World War II. He was in charge of the retreat from Dunkerque. He was also in command of General Montgomery's victory at El Alemein over Rommel's Afrika Korps in 1942. At the end of the war, Alexander was the supreme Allied commander in the Mediterranean. After the war he went on to become governor general of Canada (1946-52) and British minister of defence (1952-1954).
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