# Id these WWII Commanders from vague description of names

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**Created:** [December 17, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-wwii-commanders-from-vague-description-of-names/606551 "2011-12-17T18:05:55Z")\
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I was watching a documentary about the WWII Blitzkrieg. One part of the documentary mentioned a British commander named something that sounded like “Lord Galt,” and a French commander that sounded something like “Maurice Garand.” There were no onscreen graphics identifying them, so I’ve tried to spell them as they apparently sounded.

Any ideas???

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> **[Maurice Gamelin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Gamelin)**
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> Maurice Gustave Gamelin (French pronunciation: ​\[moʁis ɡystav ɡamlɛ̃\], 20 September 1872 – 18 April 1958) was an army general in the French Army. Gamelin is remembered for his disastrous command (until 17 May 1940) of the French military during the Battle of France (10 May–22 June 1940) in World War II and his steadfast defence of republican values.
> The Commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces at the start of World War II, Gamelin was viewed as a man with significant intellectual ability....

> **[John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Vereker,_6th_Viscount_Gort)**
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> Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, VC, GCB, CBE, DSO & Two Bars, MVO, MC (10 July 1886 – 31 March 1946) was a senior British Army officer. As a young officer during the First World War, he was decorated with the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Battle of the Canal du Nord. During the 1930s he served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (the professional head of the British Army). He is best known for commanding the British Expeditionary Force ...

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Thanks!