British Army officer who served in both World War I and World War II. During the Second World War he had a close relationship with Bernard Montgomery and commanded XIII Corps for the invasions of Sicily and Italy and later commanded the British Second Army during the Battle of Normandy and made notably rapid advances in the subsequent campaign in Northern France and Belgium. Dempsey was the first British Army commander to cross the Rhine. A career infantryman who made his reputation in active service, he remains relatively unknown.∼Retired British Army officer, commanded 13th Army Corps in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy (1942-1943), led Second Army in D-Day invasion (1944), commander-in-chief of Allied land forces in Southeast Asia (1945-1946), commander-in-chief, Middle East (1946-1947).
British Army officer who served in both World War I and World War II. During the Second World War he had a close relationship with Bernard Montgomery and commanded XIII Corps for the invasions of Sicily and Italy and later commanded the British Second Army during the Battle of Normandy and made notably rapid advances in the subsequent campaign in Northern France and Belgium. Dempsey was the first British Army commander to cross the Rhine. A career infantryman who made his reputation in active service, he remains relatively unknown.∼Retired British Army officer, commanded 13th Army Corps in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy (1942-1943), led Second Army in D-Day invasion (1944), commander-in-chief of Allied land forces in Southeast Asia (1945-1946), commander-in-chief, Middle East (1946-1947).
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