John Crocker: Difference between revisions

Douglas E. Delaney writes that {{blockquote|John Crocker was not much of a talker and he was a lousy self-promoter because of it. Yet he was one of the most important British soldiers of the Second World War, commanding a corps in North Africa and subsequently being assigned 'the most ambitious, the most difficult, and the most important task' of any Allied corps commander during Operation Overlord. His influence was not limited to the period of the war either. He was intimately involved with the development of the British armoured forces during the 1920s and 1930s, and after the war he oversaw the production of the doctrine and training publications that would guide the British Army for much of the [[Cold War]]. He also served as Commander-in-Chief Middle East Land Forces, and he finished his career as Adjutant-General to the Forces. Field Marshal Montgomery would have preferred it if Crocker had retired as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), but in 1949 Prime Minister [[Clement Attlee]] chose Sir [[William Slim]] instead. By almost any standard, Crocker had a very successful army career".{{sfn|Delaney|2011|p=122}} }}

 

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