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Field Marshal Sir John Greer Dill, GCB, CMG, DSO (25 December 1881 – 4 November 1944) was a senior British Army officer with service in both the First World War and the Second World War.
Sir John Greer Dill was a British field marshal who became the British chief of staff during the early part of World War II and, from 1941 to 1944, headed the British joint staff mission to the United States. After serving in the South African War (1899–1902) and in World War I, Dill advanced.
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Mar 31, 2023 · John Dill was a British field marshal who served as the senior British member of the Combined Chiefs of Staff and the liaison between Churchill and Marshall. He played a key role in smoothing the way to D-Day and was honored by both countries after his death.
Nov 5, 2020 · The relationship between General George C. Marshall and Field Marshal Sir John G. Dill has been considered one of the most critically important personal relationships to the success of the Allies during World War II. Although Dill was a British Army officer, his ability to disagree with Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s opinions ...
Learn about the life and career of Sir John Dill, a field marshal who served as the Chief of the Imperial General Staff under Winston Churchill during World War II. Discover how Dill clashed with Churchill over strategy, especially in North Africa, and how he influenced the Allied war effort.
Learn about the life and career of John Dill, a British Army officer who rose to become Chief of the Imperial General Staff during World War Two. Explore his papers on training, intelligence and Allied relations via Serving Soldier.
Dill's work in the USA is explored more fully in A. Danchev, Field Marshal Sir John Dill and Anglo-American Relations 1941-44 (PhD Thesis, King's College, London 1985).
