Oliver Leese

British general

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In World War II: The Italian front, 1944
…commanded by Major General Sir Oliver Leese, from the Adriatic flank of the peninsula to the west, where it was to strengthen the 5th Army’s pressure around Monte Cassino and on the approaches to the valley of the Liri (headstream of the Garigliano). The combined attack, which was started in…
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In World War II: Burma and China, October 1944–May 1945
…the China theatre and Sir Oliver Leese commander of the land forces under Mountbatten.
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