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Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet
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Germany invades Poland, September 1, 1939, using 45 German divisions and aerial attack. By September 20, only Warsaw held out, but final surrender came on September 29.
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Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As Bomber Harris
Born April 13, 1892 • Cheltenham • England
Died April 5, 1984 (aged 91) • England
Role In World War II
Charles Frederick Algernon Portal
Charles Frederick Algernon Portal
British air marshal
Trafford Leigh-Mallory, British commander of Allied air forces used in the Normandy Invasion.
Trafford Leigh-Mallory
British air marshal
Arthur William Tedder
Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder
British air marshal
Sir John Cotesworth Slessor
Sir John Cotesworth Slessor
British military officer
Dowding
Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding
British air chief marshal
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
prime minister of United Kingdom
Neville Chamberlain
Neville Chamberlain
prime minister of United Kingdom
Frederick Edgeworth Morgan, the British officer who drew up the original plan for Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy.
Frederick Edgeworth Morgan
British officer
Fraser, Bruce Austin Fraser, 1st Baron
Bruce Austin Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser
British admiral
John Cairncross
British civil servant and spy
Bernard Law Montgomery
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery
British military commander
Andrew Browne Cunningham, first sea lord and chief of naval staff in the Royal Navy, 1943–46.
Andrew Browne Cunningham
British naval officer
Percy Hobart
British military officer
Miles Dempsey, commander of the British Second Army during World War II.
Miles Christopher Dempsey
British general
Bertram Home Ramsay, naval commander in chief of Operation Overlord, the Normandy Invasion.
Bertram Home Ramsay
British officer
Alan Francis Brooke (Lord Alanbrooke), chief of the British Imperial General Staff during World War II.
Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke
British field marshal
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander
British general
Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
British field marshal
Richard Nelson Gale
British army officer
Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham
Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham
British army officer

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U.S. marines raising the American flag over Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, in February 1945
World War II Quiz
Germany invades Poland, September 1, 1939, using 45 German divisions and aerial attack. By September 20, only Warsaw held out, but final surrender came on September 29.
Pop Quiz: 17 Things to Know About World War II