For a mean job well done, slim, imperturbable General Sir Harold R. L. G. Alexander, one of Britain’s military best, won a new job, a marshal’s baton. From the mud and frustration of Italy’s stagnant ...

General Sir Harold Alexander entered the wardroom at headquarters for his first press conference since the beginning of the Italian campaign. Three dozen correspondents jumped to their feet. The ...

Shortly after landing in Italy with the 21st British Army Tank Brigade, we found ourselves too close to the Army HQ at Caserta and so had to be on our best behaviour as the Army Group Commander, Gen ...

The first British Military Cross won by a Palestine Jewish soldier has been awarded by Sir Harold Alexander, Allied commander in the Mediterranean theatre, to Capt. Ferdinand Zangen, 35, of the Royal ...