Frederick E. Morgan
Sir Frederick Edgeworth Morgan,
KCB, was a
British lieutenant-general in the
Second World War.
Morgan served in
France in 1940 as commander of a group of the British 1st Armoured Division. In May 1942 he was appointed to command the 1st Corps District, which included
Lincolnshire and the East Riding of
Yorkshire. In October of that year he was made commander of I Corps and placed under General
Dwight D. Eisenhower. He was given the task of preparing a subsidiary landing in the western
Mediterranean either to reinforce the initial landings or to deal with a
German thrust through
Spain.
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Sir
Frederick Edgeworth Morgan,
KCB, was a
British lieutenant-general in the
Second World War.
Morgan served in
France in 1940 as commander of a group of the British 1st Armoured Division. In May 1942 he was appointed to command the 1st Corps District, which included
Lincolnshire and the East Riding of
Yorkshire. In October of that year he was made commander of I Corps and placed under General
Dwight D. Eisenhower. He was given the task of preparing a subsidiary landing in the western
Mediterranean either to reinforce the initial landings or to deal with a
German thrust through
Spain. When neither operation proved necessary, he was directed to plan the invasion of
Sardinia. In time this was abandoned and he was directed to plan the invasion of
Sicily. This project was later given to the armies in North Africa. In the spring of 1943 he became Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander and as such directed planning for the invasion of northwest Europe. He served in 1944 and 1945 as Deputy Chief of Staff,
SHAEF.
Morgan also served as the Chief of Operations for UNRRA in Germany, but was fired after repeatedly making accusations against Jewish displaced persons that were broadly interpreted as offensive .
References
- Wyman, Mark: DPs: Europe's Displaced Persons 1945-1951. 1989 and 1998. Cornell University Press ISBN 0-8014-8542-8
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