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1945 Field Marshal Alexander Leaves Middle East Command
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0:35Now PlayingDate: 18th October 1945
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Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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ALEXANDER GENERAL Holds farewell Parade on airfield at Caserta, as he gives up his command in the Middle East.Carries out inspection,shakes hands w. some of his Staff.Climbs into plane.
MILITARY BRITISH. Alexander inspects troops at Caserta airfield before leaving Middle East by plane.
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British military, Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, Kolkata, military camp, postwar, allies, 15th army group, allied forces, parade, WWII, World War Two, World War II, Second World War, War, Allied, Allies
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