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Dempsey, Miles,
Miles Dempsey
National Archives, Washington, D.C.
in full MILES CHRISTOPHER DEMPSEY (b. Dec. 15, 1896, New Brighton, Cheshire, Eng.--d. June 5, 1969, Yattendon, Berkshire), British army officer who commanded the 2nd Army, the main British force in the Allied drive across western Europe (1944-45) during World War II.
Dempsey was commissioned in the British army in 1915 and fought in France during World War I. He was a lieutenant colonel when World War II began in 1939, and he commanded an infantry brigade in France that helped to cover the British rearguard during the evacuation from Dunkirk in May-June 1940. Promoted to lieutenant general, Dempsey in November 1942 took command of the 13th Corps of the 8th Army in North Africa under General Bernard Montgomery. Dempsey's corps formed the right wing of Montgomery's forces in the invasion of Sicily in July 1943, and that September it spearheaded the invasion of the "toe" of the Italian Peninsula across the Strait of Messina. Dempsey led the 13th Corps 300 miles (480 kilometres) northward along Italy's west coast in 17 days to link up with Lieutenant General Mark Clark's U.S. forces at Salerno.
Montgomery picked the quietly competent and methodical Dempsey to command the 2nd Army, which contained several Canadian and Polish units as well as British forces, in the invasion of Normandy in June 1944. The 2nd Army landed successfully on Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches on June 6, drove inland to capture Caen on July 9, and then kept up pressure on the bulk of the German armoured forces while the U.S. 1st Army to the west broke out of Normandy on July 25. Dempsey led the 2nd Army in the battles of Mortain and Falaise and then swept eastward across northern France and Belgium. After taking part in the failed British attempt to capture Arnhem in The Netherlands (September 1944), Dempsey led the 2nd Army across the Rhine River in late March 1945 and drove northeastward into Germany, capturing Bremen, Hamburg, and Kiel and reaching the Danish frontier by May 1945.
With Germany's surrender, Dempsey served successively as commander in chief of Allied land forces in South East Asia (1945-46) and the Middle East (1946-47). He was knighted in 1944 and retired in 1947.
Miles Dempsey
National Archives, Washington, D.C.
in full MILES CHRISTOPHER DEMPSEY (b. Dec. 15, 1896, New Brighton, Cheshire, Eng.--d. June 5, 1969, Yattendon, Berkshire), British army officer who commanded the 2nd Army, the main British force in the Allied drive across western Europe (1944-45) during World War II.
Dempsey was commissioned in the British army in 1915 and fought in France during World War I. He was a lieutenant colonel when World War II began in 1939, and he commanded an infantry brigade in France that helped to cover the British rearguard during the evacuation from Dunkirk in May-June 1940. Promoted to lieutenant general, Dempsey in November 1942 took command of the 13th Corps of the 8th Army in North Africa under General Bernard Montgomery. Dempsey's corps formed the right wing of Montgomery's forces in the invasion of Sicily in July 1943, and that September it spearheaded the invasion of the "toe" of the Italian Peninsula across the Strait of Messina. Dempsey led the 13th Corps 300 miles (480 kilometres) northward along Italy's west coast in 17 days to link up with Lieutenant General Mark Clark's U.S. forces at Salerno.
Montgomery picked the quietly competent and methodical Dempsey to command the 2nd Army, which contained several Canadian and Polish units as well as British forces, in the invasion of Normandy in June 1944. The 2nd Army landed successfully on Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches on June 6, drove inland to capture Caen on July 9, and then kept up pressure on the bulk of the German armoured forces while the U.S. 1st Army to the west broke out of Normandy on July 25. Dempsey led the 2nd Army in the battles of Mortain and Falaise and then swept eastward across northern France and Belgium. After taking part in the failed British attempt to capture Arnhem in The Netherlands (September 1944), Dempsey led the 2nd Army across the Rhine River in late March 1945 and drove northeastward into Germany, capturing Bremen, Hamburg, and Kiel and reaching the Danish frontier by May 1945.
With Germany's surrender, Dempsey served successively as commander in chief of Allied land forces in South East Asia (1945-46) and the Middle East (1946-47). He was knighted in 1944 and retired in 1947.
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