The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-11

der Lieut.. Gen. Kenneth A. N. An.
derson, commander Of the British
First Army.
Air Vice Marshal Arthur Coming.
ham assumed direction Of all air OPP
erations Of the First and Eighth
British armies, battling with the
French and Americans against the
Axis In T1lnisia.
Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson
was given command Of the British
Middle East forces, replacing Alex.
ander, and q new commander for
iran and 1raq, replacing Wilson,
will be named soon, Churchill said
The reorganization Of the Allied
command marked o new liaisor
among the powers battling the Axis,
and observers believed 1t foreshad.
owed q concerted assault to push
the armies Of Gen. Jurgen Won
Arnim and Field Marshal Erwin
Rommel completely out Of Africa.
The new Allied general staff was
remarkable for Its youth and wealth
of experience. Cunningham, the eld-
est, Is 80, Cunningham, the young.
est, AZ.
Eisenhower, 50, is known as a
Soldiers soldier" and "the army's
favorite general" He was gradu-
ated from West Point In 1915 and
commanded O tank camp as q Cap
tain during the World War. Later
he moved to the Panama Canal de-
Tense zone.
He was an aide and protege Of
Gen. Douglas Macarthur, with
whom he went to the Philippines In
1895 and helped establish the Fill
ipino army.
Eisenhower rose from Colonel to
Lieutenant General in less than a
year and Is believed to have been
the first American staff officer to
advocate a second front in Europe.
He was named commander IN
chief Of American forces In the Eu-
ropean theater Of operations, June
Is, 1912. He led operations In North
Africa as Allied commander-in-
chief when they began last Nov.
8. Last Saturday, he was appointed
COMMUNICATIVE OF the newly
created North African theater Of
operations in North Africa.
Assumes Command
Allied Headquarters, North Africa,
Feb. 11.-(UP)-Lieut. Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower formally assumed
supreme command Of Allied forces
from the Atlantic to Egypt today
and welcomed three Of Great Bril-
tain's outstanding Mediterranean
war leaders as "the stars wanted
for the job"
The three men were Gen. Sir r.
l.. q. Alexander, who will be dep
uty commander In -chief; Air Mar
shall Sir Arthur Tedder, who will
be Allied air commander; and Ad-
miral Sir Arthur B. CUNNINGHAM
who Is to be supreme Allied naval
commander In the Mediterranean.
Eisenhower, 1t was learned,
recommended this command Set-up
at the Casablanca conference and 1t
received full approval there. It
was understood here that Eisenhow-
er's command extends eastward as
far as the Egyptian border.
Nominated by F. ID. n.
washington, Feb. 1l.-(UP)-
ETeSkQSIlb StOSSCNSAV VOSAUy AASAAAAAANS
ed Lieut.. Gen. Dwight D. Nsen-
hover to the rank Of full general
shortly after Prime Minister Win.
son Churchill disclosed In London
that Eisenhower had been made
supreme commander Of all Allied
forces in the acknowledgements
theater OF war.
Eisenhower thus will become the
third full general of this country's
armed forces. The others are Gen.
George @. Marshal. Army chief OF
staff, and Gen. Douglas Macarthur,
commander Of United Nations forces
In the South Pacific. Gen. John
J. Pershing, commander Of Ameri-
can Expeditionary Forces in the
first World War, holds the title,
conferred by act Of congress, of gen.
eral Of the armies Of the United
States.