Miles Dempsey
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General Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey, was a senior British Army officer who served in both world wars. During the Second World War he commanded the Second Army in northwest Europe. A highly professio
Dempsey in April 1944
Brigadier Miles Dempsey (centre) and his staff, with their mascot 'Tiny' at Wervicq, France, in late 1939
The Commander in Chief Home Forces, General Sir Bernard Paget (left) and Dempsey (right) watch 42nd Armoured Division exercises from a Crusader tank.
Dempsey (left) with two of his staff (Major Priestly and Captain Hay) in Sicily in July 1943
Operation Market Garden
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Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War, fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944. Its objective was to create a salient span
Miles Dempsey
…on 3 September and Antwerp the following day, Dempsey's Tac HQ moved five times, covering 200 miles (320 km) in eleven days. Second Army took part in Operation Market Garden, the attempt to secure an early crossing of the Rhine. Dempsey believed that it was unlikely to succeed and openly questioned Montgomery. Dempsey…
Paratroopers of the First Allied Airborne Army descending over the Netherlands
Operation Market Garden
Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery
Infantry of 50th (Northumbrian) Division moving up past a knocked-out German 88mm gun near 'Joe's Bridge' over the Meuse-Escaut Canal in Belgium, 16 September 1944