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Arthur William Tedder, was born in Glenguin, Stirling, Scotland. He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Tedder joined the British army in 1913, then transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1916, serving in France from 1915 to 1917 and then in Egypt from 1918 to 1919. Commissioned into the new Royal Air Force (RAF) he became director of training from 1934 to 1936. Prior to World War Two commander RAF far eastern forces and was director general for reserach in the Air Ministry.

As head of the RAF Middle East Command in World War II, he commanded Allied air operations in the Mediterranean and North Africa, covering the evacuation of Crete in May 19411941 is also the title of a Steven Spielberg movie made in 1979 see 1941 (film). Events January January 6 Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. January 10 Lend-Lease is introduced into the United St and Operation Crusader in Africa. After experiencing victories and defeats supporting troops fighting General Erwin RommelErwin Johannes Eugen Rommel ( November 15, 1891 October 14, 1944) was one of the most distinguished German Field Marshals and commander of the Deutsches Afrika Korps in World War II. He is also known by his nickname The Desert Fox Wustenfuchs . Early life's Afrika Korps, Tedder's air forces were key to the Allied victory at the Battle of El AlameinEl Alamein is a town in northern Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea coast. It is located 106 km (66 miles) west of Alexandria and 240 km (150 miles) northwest of Cairo. It is mostly a port facility for shipping oil but it played a major role in the outcome of.

Promoted to Air Marshal, Tedder was involved in the planning of the invasion of SicilySicily Sicilia in Italian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 sq. 1 million inhabitants. Towns and Cities Sicily's principal cities include the regional capital Palermo, together with t. When Operation Overlord -- the invasion of Frence -- came to be planned, Tedder was appointed Deputy Supreme Commander beneath General Eisenhower. Finding himself with little responsibility in this new role he wrested control of the air planning for D-DayIn military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. By far the most well-known D-Day is June 6, 1944—the day on which the Battle of Normandy began—commencing the American and British from the commander of the Allied Air Expeditionary Force, Trafford Leigh-Mallory.

In the last year of the war Tedder was sent to Russia to seek assistance as the Western Front came under pressure during the Battle of the Bulge. When the unconditional surrender of the Germans came in May 1945 Tedder signed on behalf of General Eisenhower.

Knighted in 1942, Tedder was granted a peerage at the war's end. He became the first peacetime chief of the air staff (1946–50). In 1950 he became chancellor of Cambridge University. Married twice, in his later years he contracted Parkinson's Disease and died in 1967.