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Lieutenant-General William Henry Ewart Gott, CB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC (13 August 1897 – 7 August 1942), nicknamed "Strafer", was a senior British Army officer who fought during both the First and the Second World Wars, reaching the rank of lieutenant-general while serving with the British Eighth Army in the Western Desert and North ...
- 1915–1942
- British Army
22 de sept. de 2014 · Teniente General William Gott. Fuente de la fotografía: digplanet.com Cuando se hallaban a una altitud de tan sólo 50 metros, dos aparatos Messerschmitt bf-109 pertenecientes a la Jagdgeschwader 27 que volaban por encima de ellos divisaron el Bristol y atacan.
William Henry Ewart Gott, apodado "Strafer", fue un oficial del Ejército Británico que luchó en la Primera y en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Alcanzó el rango de teniente general mientras servía en el 8.º Ejército Británico durante la Campaña del Norte de África al mando de la 7.ª División Blindada.
Lieutenant-General William Gott, the commander of XIII Corps, was withdrawn from Tobruk and on 15 June 1942, five days before the Axis attack. The new commander of the 2nd South African Division, Major-General Hendrik Klopper, was given command of the garrison. [3] .
12 de sept. de 2022 · The Prime Minister’s first choice to lead the Eighth Army was Lieutenant General William Gott, but he was killed before he could take up the post, when the transport plane carrying him was ambushed by German fighters.
- Military History
Lieutenant General William 'Strafer' Gott, Commander XIII Corps (left) in conversation with one of Koenig's French commanders. Later in 1942 after General Auchinleck had stopped Rommel's eastwards progression in the first battle of El Alamein, Gott was given command of Eighth Army but was killed in an air crash before taking up the post.
7 de ene. de 2024 · In August 1942, General Claude Auchinleck had been relieved as Commander-in-Chief Middle East Command and his successor, Lieutenant-General William Gott was killed on his way to replace him as commander of the Eighth Army. Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery was appointed and led the Eighth Army offensive.
