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Brooke, Alan Francis
Alan Francis Brooke
Karsh of Ottawa--Camera Press
(b. July 23, 1883, Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France--d. June 17, 1963, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, Eng.), British field marshal and chief of the Imperial General Staff during World War II.
Educated in France and at the Royal Military Academy (Woolwich), Brooke served in the Royal Artillery during World War I. Between the world wars he distinguished himself in staff duties and was in charge of military training at the War Office (1936-37). Brooke began service in World War II as commander of the 2nd Army Corps in France. After the retreat to Dunkirk, he was responsible for covering the evacuation (May 26-June 4, 1940) of the British Expeditionary Force. In July he took command of the home forces until promoted to chief of staff by Prime Minister Winston Churchill in December 1941. He held this post until 1946. As chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, Brooke represented the members' views ably and firmly to the prime minister and to the United States's Joint Chiefs of Staff, thus exercising strong influence on Allied strategy. Brooke was also recognized as a brilliant field commander, though he was never given any of the great overseas commands--including, to his great frustration, command over the Allied invasion of western Europe.
After the war, published extracts from Brooke's diaries provoked controversy because of their criticism of General Dwight D. Eisenhower's abilities as a military commander and of U.S. strategy in general. For his military services Brooke was created Baron Alanbrooke of Brookeborough in 1945; in 1946 he became a viscount.
BIBLIOGRAPHY. Brooke's diaries formed the basis for Arthur Bryant, The Turn of the Tide (1957, reissued 1986), and Triumph in the West (1959, reissued 1986). David Fraser, Alanbrooke (1982), is a standard biography.
Alan Francis Brooke
Karsh of Ottawa--Camera Press
(b. July 23, 1883, Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France--d. June 17, 1963, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, Eng.), British field marshal and chief of the Imperial General Staff during World War II.
Educated in France and at the Royal Military Academy (Woolwich), Brooke served in the Royal Artillery during World War I. Between the world wars he distinguished himself in staff duties and was in charge of military training at the War Office (1936-37). Brooke began service in World War II as commander of the 2nd Army Corps in France. After the retreat to Dunkirk, he was responsible for covering the evacuation (May 26-June 4, 1940) of the British Expeditionary Force. In July he took command of the home forces until promoted to chief of staff by Prime Minister Winston Churchill in December 1941. He held this post until 1946. As chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, Brooke represented the members' views ably and firmly to the prime minister and to the United States's Joint Chiefs of Staff, thus exercising strong influence on Allied strategy. Brooke was also recognized as a brilliant field commander, though he was never given any of the great overseas commands--including, to his great frustration, command over the Allied invasion of western Europe.
After the war, published extracts from Brooke's diaries provoked controversy because of their criticism of General Dwight D. Eisenhower's abilities as a military commander and of U.S. strategy in general. For his military services Brooke was created Baron Alanbrooke of Brookeborough in 1945; in 1946 he became a viscount.
BIBLIOGRAPHY. Brooke's diaries formed the basis for Arthur Bryant, The Turn of the Tide (1957, reissued 1986), and Triumph in the West (1959, reissued 1986). David Fraser, Alanbrooke (1982), is a standard biography.
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