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Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Browne Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, KT, GCB, OM, DSO & Two Bars (7 January 1883 – 12 June 1963) was a British officer of the Royal Navy during the Second World War.
- 1897–1946
- Royal Navy
27 de oct. de 2019 · Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham was a key leader in the Royal Navy during World War II. Leading the Mediterranean Fleet, Andrew Cunningham won numerous victories over the Italian Navy. Made First Sea Lord in 1943, Andrew Cunningham oversaw the Royal Navy's operations for the remainder of the conflict.
Cunningham's cruiser squadron was asked to reinforce the Home Fleet under Admiral Sir Charles Forbes and assigned to the Norwegian campaign. He took part in the evacuation of allied troops from Namsos in May 1940 and the following month embarked King Haakon VII and his government ministers aboard the Devonshire under orders to take ...
- 1900–1948
- Royal Navy
World War II. Andrew Browne Cunningham (born January 7, 1883, Dublin, Ireland—died June 12, 1963, London, England) British naval officer who was an outstanding combat commander early in World War II and served as first sea lord of the Admiralty from 1943 to 1946.
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2 de nov. de 2010 · On the outbreak of World War II, Cunningham was an Acting Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet, where he was nicknamed ‘ABC’. For the next two and a half years, he took the war to the Italians with a ruthless efficiency and dash, handling his battle fleet like his beloved destroyers, despite being consistently outnumbered.
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, como Comandante en jefe de la Flota del Mediterráneo, Cunningham dirigió con éxito las fuerzas navales británicas en diversas batallas en el Mediterráneo, entre las que destacan el ataque sobre Tarento en 1940, el primer ataque de la historia exclusivamente desde un portaaviones 1 y la batalla del cabo Matapá...
7 de nov. de 2018 · Serving mostly in the Mediterranean in the 1930s, the admiral was eventually named commander in chief of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1939.With the outbreak of World War II, he soon drew Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s attention. Churchill shared Cunningham’s belief that the island of Malta was a linchpin in the war.
