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Sir V.A.H. Sturdee was the Australian
Army Chief of Staff when
war broke out in the Pacific. He later commanded 1 Australian
Army in
the Southwest Pacific, where he found his units assigned to pointless
"mopping up" operations. He wrote his commander-in-chief:
The Jap garrisons are at present virtually in POW camps but feed themselves, so why incur a large number of Australian casualties in the process of eliminating them?
Sturdee's plea was ignored, and Australian forces
were ordered to continue offensive operations to eliminate the isolated
Japanese units.
| 1890
|
Born |
|
| 1933 |
Colonel
|
Director, Military Operations
and Intelligence |
| 1938 |
Director of Staff Duties, Army
Headquarters |
|
| 1939 |
Commander, Eastern Command |
|
| 1939 |
Commander, 2 Military District |
|
| 1940-8-1 |
Major
general |
Commander, 8 Australian Division |
| 1940-8-13 |
Lieutenant
general |
Chief of the General Staff |
| 1942-10 |
Head, Australian Military
Mission to the U.S. |
|
| 1943-12
|
Commander, 1 Australian
Army |
|
| 1945 |
Chief of the General Staff |
References
Generals.dk (accessed 2008-1-31)
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