Evening star., 1943-05-08
BY the Associated Press,

Here is a quick glimpse at some
of the men who have played leading
roles in directing the American,
British and French armies that con-
quered North Africa:
Gen. Dwight David Eisenhower,
United States-He headed the
American Expeditionary Force to
North Africa last November 8, was
made commander in chief of all
Allied forces in the North African
campaign February and was pro-
NOTED from Acknowledgment to a
full general five days later. One of
six sons of an Abb me. Kans., busi-
ness man, he is So. He was grad
uated from West Point in 1915 and
spent 10 years in close association
with Gen. Douglas Macarthur, serv-
ing as his chief of staff in the
Philippines and emerging from there
as an accomplished pilot He
climbed rapidly with Americas ex-
panding Army to become chief of
plans and operations. Before the
North African campaign he was
United States commander in the
European theater of operations.
Gen. Sir Harold Rupert Leofric
George Alexander, Britain-Deputy
commander in chief under Gen.
Eisenhower, he was in command of
all Allied ground forces in the North
African theater. He is So. The last
man to leave the beaches at Dun
kerque, his motto is attack, attack
and attack again" He commanded
troops in Burma during their long
retreat, outnumbered three to one,
but managed to withdraw four
fifths of them to India. In August,
1912. he succeeded Gen. Sir Claude
Auchinleck as British commander
in chief in the Middle East.
1t. Gen. George Smith Patton, jr.,
United States-His men call him
"Old Blood and Cuts" and he COM
mands the I'd United States Corps
He is ST. He won the Distinguished
Service Cross in the last war during
which he served with the newly
formed Tank Corps. He was gradual
ed from West Point in 1909 and served
with the calvary for some time.
After the last war he continued in
tank work and trained the 1st
Armored Corps for service in Africa
by maaeuvers in the California
desert. Gen. Eisenhower brought
him from Morocco to command
United States field forces in the
Tunisian campaign. He commands
from a front position at all times.
1t. Gen. Kenneth Arthur Noel
Anderson. Britain-Commander of
the British 1st Army, he's a 6-foot
fighting Scot who speaks both
French and italian. He was born in
India in 1891. Gen. Anderson joined
the Seaforth Highlanders in 1911,
was wounded in France in 1916 and
served in Palestine, Syria and India
after the last war He commanded
the 1lth Brigade and the Sd Divi-
sion during the closing stages of the
OunkerQue evacuation.
Gen. Sir Bernard Law Montgom-
cry, Britain-Command of the
British 9th Army. he has been on
army man IS of his SIS years. In the
summer of 1912 he was commanding
Britain's Southeast Army In Eng
land and went to the 9th Army to
join forces with Gen. Alexander to
halt Marshal RommelS push to the
Nile. Then he drove Marshal Rom
mel out of Egypt, back across Libya
and into Tunisia. where he broke
the Mareth Line. on-smoking,
teetotaling son of bishop, he won
the Distinguished Service Order
and the French Military Cross in
the last war, in which he was
wounded twice.
Gen. Henri Honore Giraud, France
The Germans imprisoned him in
the last war and in this one. Both
times he escaped. The second time,
a British submarine, under the di-
rection of 1t. Gen. Mark Wayne
Clark of the United States, took
him from France to Algiers. He is
in his sixties In Algiers he aided
Allied representatives in preparing
for the landing in North Africa.
His personal prestige as military
leader swung many French troops
in the colonies to the Allies aid.
TJpnr tho oSco Scip fio, af Advo;rol
Francois Darlan, Gen. Giraud was
named the political head of French
North Africa and now is negotiating
with Gen. Charles de Gaulle for a
political rapprochement aimed to
unite all Anti-Axis French elements.
Gen. Giraud always has insisted he
is a soldier end not a politician. and
that he has only one ambition--to
free France from the invader.