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The 12 pages that link to Claude Auchinleck, each with the reason it gives.

• Erwin RommelRelated: Auchinleck's leadership helped halt Rommel's advance at the First Battle of El Alamein.

• Second Battle of El AlameinRelated: His earlier defense at El Alamein helped preserve the position Montgomery later attacked from.

• Battle of GazalaRelated: Auchinleck assumed direct command of the Eighth Army after the Gazala defeat.

• Operation CrusaderRelated: He authorized the offensive and directed the wider theater strategy.

• First Battle of El AlameinRelated: He directed the Allied defense after Rommel's advance reached El Alamein.

• Western Desert campaignRelated: His forces halted Rommel at the First Battle of El Alamein before Montgomery took command.

• Anglo-Iraqi WarRelated: His subsequent command followed the regional military crisis exposed by the war.

• Arthur PercivalRelated: Auchinleck’s later assessment of Percival’s command helped shape its official military record.

• TobrukRelated: His command oversaw the relief of Tobruk during Operation Crusader.

• Battle of Bir HakeimRelated: He oversaw the Allied defense of the Gazala position that included Bir Hakeim.

• Operation SonnenblumeRelated: He later directed the British forces that confronted the Afrika Korps in the desert.

• Syria–Lebanon campaignRelated: Auchinleck oversaw the wider Middle East command responsible for the operation.