Douglas Gracey
Sir Douglas David Gracey (born September 3, 1894 in Muzaffarnagar , British India , † June 5, 1964 in Surrey , United Kingdom ) was a British officer in the British Indian Army . He served in both world wars and finished his career as Chief of Staff of the Army of Pakistan .
Life
Gracey left Sandhurst Military Academy in 1915 . He served in a Gurkha unit in France during the First World War . During World War II he was used in the Middle East and Southeast Asia . In 1942 he was promoted to major general and entrusted with building and leading the 20th Indian Division.
In September 1945 he was the commander of the British Expeditionary Force, which landed in Cochinchina in September 1945 . Gracey operated an aggressive course against the Viet Minh to restore French colonial rule. So he drove the Viet Minh Committee for Cochinchina from the palace of the Governor General and responded to a general strike of the Viet Minh with martial law . With the help of former French prisoners of war and surrendered Japanese soldiers, he was able to drive the Viet Minh underground in the south of the country until French troops arrived .
Gracey completed his career as Commander in Chief of the Pakistani Army from 1948 to 1951.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jacques Dalloz: Dictionnaire de la Guerre d'Indochine 1945 - 1954 , Paris, 2006, p. 107
- ↑ David G. Marr: Vietnam State, War and Revolution 1945-1946 , Berkeley, 2013, p. 117, p. 186
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Frank Messervy | Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Army 1948–1951 |
Muhammed Ayub Khan |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gracey, Douglas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gracey, Sir Douglas David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British officer in the British Indian Army |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Muzaffarnagar , British India |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th June 1964 |
| Place of death | Surrey , UK |