Leslie Morshead
Lieutenant General Sir Leslie James Morshead, KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO, ED (18 September 1889 – 26 September 1959) was an Australian soldier, teacher, businessman, and farmer, whose military career spanned both world wars. During the Second World War, he led the Australian and British troops at the Siege of Tobruk (1941) and at the Second Battle of El Alamein, achieving decisive victories over Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps. A strict and demanding officer, his soldiers nicknamed him "Ming the Merciless", later simply "Ming", after the villain in the Flash Gordon comics.
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Leslie Morshead
Lieutenant General Sir Leslie James Morshead, KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO, ED (18 September 1889 – 26 September 1959) was an Australian soldier, teacher, businessman, and farmer, whose military career spanned both world wars. During the Second World War, he led the Australian and British troops at the Siege of Tobruk (1941) and at the Second Battle of El Alamein, achieving decisive victories over Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps. A strict and demanding officer, his soldiers nicknamed him "Ming the Merciless", later simply "Ming", after the villain in the Flash Gordon comics.
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El teniente general sir Leslie ...... e caricaturas de Flash Gordon.
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Generálporučík Sir Leslie Jame ...... alně známé postavy z komiksu .
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Leslie James Morshead (Ballara ...... stato un generale australiano.
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Leslie James Morshead KCB, KBE ...... rzebany z honorami wojskowymi.
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Leslie James Morshead, KCB, KB ...... Borneos von den Japanern teil.
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Leslie Morshead fut général dans l'armée australienne.
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Letnan Jenderal Sir Leslie Jam ...... i Pertempuran El Alamein Kedua
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Lieutenant General Sir Leslie ...... Corps in the Borneo campaign.
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Сэр Лесли Джеймс Морсхед (англ ...... Первой и Второй мировых войн.
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* Gallipoli Ca ...... nea campaign
* Borneo campaign
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1889-09-18
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Ballarat, Victoria
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Leslie Morshead in 1941
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1959-09-26
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Sydney, New South Wales
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Teacher, farmer, manager of the Orient Steam Navigation Company
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El teniente general sir Leslie ...... ps, liderado por Erwin Rommel.
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Generálporučík Sir Leslie Jame ...... alně známé postavy z komiksu .
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Leslie James Morshead (Ballara ...... stato un generale australiano.
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Leslie James Morshead KCB, KBE ...... w obu bitwach pod El Alamein.
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Leslie James Morshead, KCB, KB ...... Borneos von den Japanern teil.
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Leslie Morshead fut général dans l'armée australienne.
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Letnan Jenderal Sir Leslie Jam ...... i Pertempuran El Alamein Kedua
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Lieutenant General Sir Leslie ...... in in the Flash Gordon comics.
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Сэр Лесли Джеймс Морсхед (англ ...... Первой и Второй мировых войн.
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