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Slim, William Joseph, 1st Viscount Slim

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Slim, William Joseph, 1st Viscount Slim (1891-1970)

British field marshal in World War II. He served in the North Africa campaign 1941 then commanded the 1st Burma Corps 1942-45, stemming the Japanese invasion of India, and then forcing them out of Burma (now Myanmar) in 1945. He was governor general of Australia 1953-60. He was created a KCB in 1944 and a Viscount in 1960.
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