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| 1940 | Battle of Narvik
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre |  |
| April 24th | Churchill orders attack but despite 25,000 Allies & naval support German defenses stay |
| 1940 | Invasion of Norway
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| May 11th | Commander of the British forces during the Norwegian campaign |
| 1940 | Battle of Narvik
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| May 28th | Britain forces the German troops make a tactical withdrawal from Narvik |
| 1940 | Siege of Narvik
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| May 28th | Britain forces the German troops make a tactical withdrawal from Narvik |
| 1940 | Capture of Narvik
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| June 7th | The Germans retake Narvik & complete their occupation of Norway |
| 1940 | Invasion of Norway
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| June 8th | Final day of the evacuation of the British forces from Norway |
| 1941 | Commander
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| | Appointed Commander of the 8th Army |
| | Appointed Commander of the 8th Army, after its defeat by Rommel at Gazala |
| 1941 | Crusader
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| | Mounts the successful Crusader Offensive to relieve Tobruk November |
| 1941 | Field Marshal
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| | Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| | Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1941 | Commander
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| July 1st | Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| July 1st | Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1941 | North Africa
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| July 26th | States he will not be able to attack Rommel until mid November |
| 1941 | Invasion of Iran
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| Aug 25th | British & Soviet troops invade Iran |
| Aug 26th | British troops complete the occupation of the Abadan oilfields in Iran |
| Aug 27th | A Government more sympathetic had been formed & asks the Allies for a cease-fire |
| Aug 29th | A ceasefire is agreed between the Allies & Iran |
| 1941 | Invasion of Cyrenaica
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| Sep 2nd | Alan Cunningham is charged with relieving Tobruk & the re-conquest of Cyrenaica |
| 1941 | North Africa
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| Sep 2nd | Alan Cunningham is charged with relieving Tobruk & the re-conquest of Cyrenaica |
| 1941 | Siege of Cyrenaica
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| Sep 2nd | Alan Cunningham is charged with relieving Tobruk & the re-conquest of Cyrenaica |
| 1941 | Siege of Tobruk
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| Sep 2nd | Charged with carrying out operation Crusader to relieve Tobruk & re-capture Cyrenaica |
| 1941 | Invasion of Iran
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| Sep 10th | The Allies demand that Iran expel all Axis Nationals within 48 hrs, an impossible task |
| Sep 17th | Russian & British troops occupy Tehran |
| 1941 | Siege of Tehran
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| Sep 17th | Russian & British troops occupy Tehran |
| 1941 | Offensive
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| Sep 27th | The Australian Brigade in Tobruk is relieved by British troops |
| 1941 | Crusader
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| Nov 3rd | Postpones Operation Crusader 1 week to enable the South Africa Division more training |
| Nov 18th | Operation Crusader, to relieve, Tobruk is launched |
| 1941 | Siege of Tobruk
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| Dec 4th | Erwin Rommel is forced to abandon his siege of Tobruk |
| 1942 | Field Marshal
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| July | Appointed Commander of the 8th Army after the fall of Tobruk |
| July | Appointed Commander of the 8th Army after the fall of Tobruk |
| 1942 | Battle of Alamein, El
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| July 1st | Neither side can claim victory but the Allies gain shorter supply lines |
| July 27th | Final day of the 1st Battle of El Alamein |
| 1942 | Meeting
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| Aug 5th | Advised he cannot be C-in-C Middle East & Command the 8th Army |
| Aug 5th | Agrees to appoint a new Commander for the 8th Army |
| Aug 5th | Churchill visits Auchinleck at the 8th Army HQ in the Egyptian desert |
| 1942 | Dismissal
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| Aug 8th | Advised that he is being relieved of his command of the 8th Army |
| 1942 | Battle of Alam Halfa
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| Aug 30th | Forsees German plans to attack El Alamein & frustrates their attempts at Alam Halfa |
| 1943 | Commander
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| | Appointed Commander-in-Chief in India |
| | Appointed Commander-in-Chief in India |
| 1946 | Field Marshal
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| | Appointed Field Marshal |
| 1947 | Supreme Commander
Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| | Appointed Supreme Commander of the British forces in India & Pakistan |
