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When was Alan Brooke promoted to Field Marshal?

  • 1 December 1943

  • 1 January 1945

  • 1 January 1944

  • 1 December 1944

Answer

Alan Brooke was promoted to Field Marshal on 1 January 1944. This was during the Second World War, and Brooke was the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS). He had been appointed to this position in 1941, and had played a key role in the planning and execution of the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
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