Commander during the north africa campaign?

Question: Commander during the north africa campaign!?

can someone tell me the name of the british field marshal in charge before montgomery!. I heard his name on tv it was like opanlek of something!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Field Marshal Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck was actually C in C Middle East Command!.

Montgomery was preceded in command of the British Eighth Army by Lieutenant-Generals Sir Alan Cunningham and Neil Ritchie!. When Ritchie could not halt Rommel, Auchinleck himself took direct command of the Army!. Churchill grew impatient and replaced Auchinleck as C in C Middle East in August 1942 with General Harold Alexander and as Eighth Army commander by Lieutenant-General William Gott!. Gott was killed in an air crash on his way to take up his command and so Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery was appointed in his place!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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