Examples of using Wavell in English and their translations into Serbian
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I hold no brief for Lord Wavell.
Wavell replied that there was little to be sent and nothing before April.
It was drawn up by Viceroy Wavell last year.
Along with Wavell went Michael O'Moore Creagh, who was replaced by Gott.
British military commanders Brooke-Popham and Wavell in World War II.
Wavell had about 36,000 troops in Egypt, including support and administration units.
Following the failure of Operation Battleaxe,Archibald Wavell was relieved of command and replaced by Claude Auchinleck.
Wavell had noted that the Italian defensive positions were too far apart for mutual support.
So, we're paid once, and in return the field is lost,the village is spoiled and Mr Wavell moves on in search of his next victim.
During the afternoon, Wavell had flown to Beresford-Peirse, to simplify the making of decisions.
The combination of the two events caused serious alarm to Creagh, who then sent a message to Beresford-Peirse,requesting his presence for instruction; Wavell, who was with Beresford-Peirse, took command of the operation and boarded a plane to Creagh's command post at Halfway House.
Churchill had Wavell exchange duties with General Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief, India.
On 5 August,thirty Italian tanks and the 8th Hussars fought an inconclusive action and Wavell concluded that vehicle wear made it impractical to continue operations when an Italian offensive loomed.
At noon, Wavell and Beresford-Peirse arrived at Halfway House and learned of the retreat, to which Wavell then gave his approval.
The failure of Battleaxe led to the replacement of British General Sir Archibald Wavell, Commander-in-Chief Middle East,by Claude Auchinleck; Wavell took Auchinleck's position as Commander-in-Chief, India.
Wavell was to defend Egypt and the Suez Canal against an estimated 250,000 Italian troops based in Libya and about 250,000 more in Italian East Africa.
Translated: The responsibility for this assessment are the Enigma reports, which can be seen from Wavell that Rommel only has a mandate to stabilise the Sirte front, and that his most important unit, the 15th Panzer Division, has not yet arrived in Africa.
On 28 May, Wavell gave his orders for Operation Battleaxe, an operation in three stages; the Axis forces were to be defeated on the frontier and the area of Halfaya, Sollum, Capuzzo and Sidi Aziez was to be secured.
Part of the reason the initial German attacks in March 1941 were so successful was that Ultra intercepts had informed Wavell that OKW had clearly directed Rommel not to take any offensive action, but to wait until he was further reinforced with the 15th Panzer Division in May.
Churchill sacked Wavell but could not have it look as though he was being punished or have Wavell return to England, as embarrassing questions could be raised.
Wavell wrote that he had taken an unwarranted risk in Cyrenaica, having formed expectations of the Axis based on the experience of fighting the Italian army;"I had certainly not budgeted for Rommel after my experience of the Italians.
Following the Italian advance, Wavell ordered the commander of British Troops Egypt, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, to plan a limited operation to push the Italians back.
Wavell quickly prepared Operation Brevity, a limited operation with the intention of seizing Sollum, the Halfaya Pass and Fort Capuzzo, then advancing on Sidi Aziez and towards Tobruk, as far as supply would allow but not risking the forces committed; the objective was to destroy as much Axis equipment as possible and secure a foothold for the larger Operation Battleaxe to be launched once the new tanks were made available.
To counter the Italian advance, Wavell ordered his screening forces to harass the advancing Italians, falling back towards Mersa Matruh, where the main British infantry force was based.
It was believed by General Archibald Wavell the Commander-in-Chief Middle East and GHQ in Egypt, that the Germans could not be ready until May, by when the 2nd Armoured Division tanks would have been overhauled and two more divisions and support troops, particularly artillery, would be ready, along with the 9th Australian Division.