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Year	Player	Club
2006	Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid
2005	Ronaldinho	FC Barcelona

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Italian Campaign of World War II Invasion of Sicily Invasion and capture of southern Italy: – Invasion of Italy – Armistice with Italy  Battles of the rivers and advance to the Winter Line: – Volturno Line – Barbara Line – Bernhardt Line  Breakout at Cassino and Anzio: the battle for Rome and Central Italy: – Monte Cassino – Anzio – Trasimene Line  Gothic Line and the autumn campaign 1944 Spring offensive 1945 and surrender

Italian Campaign of World War II Invasion of Sicily Invasion and capture of southern Italy Baytown - Armistice - Avalanche - Slapstick Advance to the Winter Line Volturno Line – Barbara Line – Bernhardt Line - San Pietro Battles for Rome and Central Italy Ortona - Monte Cassino – Anzio – Trasimene Line Gothic Line and the autumn campaign 1944 Gemmano Spring offensive 1945 and surrender

27/7/17 2nd Lt IA Reserve 27/4/18 Lt

MC 24/9/20: Lt. Blair Stirling Mould, I/2nd, attd. 4/3rd, Gurkha Bif,, Ind. Army. For gallantry and devotion to duty on the 17th February, 1920, at Makin, when lie weoit .forward with •Captain Hind in tlie attack on the tower, and took over the command when that officer was wounded. By determination he was. enabled to set the tower alight, and subsequently, when sniping was heavy, succeeded in evacuating his wounded under cover of dusk. His- able handling of the situation brought the action to a successful termination. OBE (Waziristan) 17/11/39 1/1 KGVO GR DSO 6/4/44 1/2 GR

Contents 1 Military Commander Page Template 2 Early career 3 World War II 4 Post War 5 Honours and decorations 6 Personal 7 References 8 Footnotes

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1 December 1896 - 4 February 1978
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Indian Army
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Commands held	6th Royal Battalion (Scinde), 13th Frontier Force Rifles (1938 to 1940) Indian 5th Infantry Brigade (Sept 1941 to Jan 1943) Indian 8th Infantry Division (1943 to 1945) Delhi and East Punjab Command (1947 to 1948) Chief British Advisor to the Indian Army (1948 to 1954)
Battles/wars	East African Campaign Western Desert Campaign Italian Campaign
Awards	KBE(1950) CB (5 Jul 1945) CBE (31 Aug 1944) OBE (30 Dec 1941) DSO (9 Jul 1942) MC (8 Mar 1919) MID (24 Jun 1943)

Lieutenant-General Sir Dudley Russell ("the Pasha") KBE, CB, DSO, MC (born 1896; died 1978) was an officer in the British and Indian Armies during World War I and World War II.

[edit] Early career

[edit] World War II

[edit] Post War

[edit] Honours and decorations

[edit] Personal

[edit] References

• Ammentorp, Steen. Generals of World War II. Retrieved on 2007-07-30.
• Anon (1946). One More River: The Story of The Eighth Indian Division. Bombay: H.W. Smith, Times of India Press. 
• Anon (1946). The Tiger Triumphs: The Story of Three Great Divisions in Italy. HMSO. 
• Houterman, Hans; Koppes, Jeroen. World War II unit histories and officers. Retrieved on 2007-07-25.
• Mackenzie, Compton (1951). Eastern Epic. Chatto & Windus, London, 623 pages. 
• "Link to seven extracts between 1921 and 1970" . Supplement to the London Gazette (Various issues). 
• Orders of Battle.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-25.

[edit] Footnotes

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