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Charles DE Gualle became a brigadier general early in the Second World War. When the German army advanced and France fell to them, he escaped to London. There he formed a French national committee in exile. With this body he was able to organize the French resistance. Together with other exiled Frenchmen, DE Gaulle joined the British to conquer Syria.

Bernard Montgomery was appointed commander of the British Eighth Army in Africa. Although the German army had earlier success there, "Monty" began the offensive at Al 'Alamayn Egypt, which successfully forced the German and Italian soldiers out. When General Eisenhower became supreme commander of the Allied forces, Montgomery served as the chief of the British Forces. In August of 1944, he was promoted to field marshal of British and Canadian troops.