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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_Slim,_1st_ViscountWilliam Slim, 1st Viscount Slim - Wikipedia

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   Field Marshal William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC, PC (6 August 1891 – 14 December 1970), usually known as Bill Slim, [1] was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia . Slim saw active service in both the First and Second World Wars and was wounded in action three times.

2. www.nam.ac.uk › explore › william-slimWilliam Slim: The soldiers’ soldier | National Army Museum

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   Field Marshal William Slim is best known for commanding the Fourteenth Army in Burma during the Second World War (1939-45). He inherited a disastrous situation which, with pragmatic skill and quiet charisma, he turned to ultimate victory. 7 min read. Second World War Asia 1900s Great Commanders Global Role.

3. thegurkhamuseum.co.uk › uncle-billUncle Bill - The Gurkha Museum - Winchester

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   Field Marshal Viscount Slim was known more affectionately by his soldiers, throughout his senior career, as “Uncle Bill”. Despite his outstanding leadership of 14th Army in the Burma Campaign, and later appointment as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), he is much less well known outside of military historical circles than, for example, his immediate predecessor as CIGS, Viscount ...

4. www.newworldencyclopedia.org › entry › William_SlimWilliam Slim, 1st Viscount Slim - New World Encyclopedia

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   Field Marshal William Joseph "Bill" Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, Order of the Garter (KG), Order of the Bath (GCB), Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG), Royal Victorian Order (GCVO), Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE), Distinguished Service Order (DSO), Military Cross (MC) (August 6, 1891 – December 14, 1970) was a British military commander and the 13th Governor ...

5. aspectsofhistory.com › bill-slim-a-master-of-bothBill Slim: a Master of both War and Words - Aspects of History

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   The first to do so was Geoffrey Evans’ Slim as Military Commander (Batsford, 1969), followed by Michael Calvert’s thin volume entitled, merely, Slim (Ballantine, 1973). This was then followed by Ronald Lewin’s superb biography, Slim, The Standard Bearer (Leo Cooper, 1976), which won the W.H. Smith Literary Award that same year. My book ...

6. www.britannica.com › biography › William-Slim-1stWilliam Slim, 1st Viscount Slim of Yarralumla and Bishopston

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   William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim of Yarralumla and Bishopston (born Aug. 6, 1891, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Eng.—died Dec. 14, 1970, London) was a British field marshal and chief of the Imperial General Staff who turned back an attempted Japanese invasion of India and defeated the Japanese armies in Burma (Myanmar) during World War II.

7. britishheritage.org › en › william-slim-st-viscount-slimWilliam Slim, 1st Viscount Slim | British Heritage

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   Field Marshal William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC, KStJ (6 August 1891 – 14 December 1970), usually known as Bill Slim, was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia. Slim saw active service in both the First and Second World Wars and was wounded in action three times.