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Field Marshal William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC, PC (6 August 1891 – 14 December 1970), usually known as Bill Slim, was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia.
William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim of Yarralumla and Bishopston was a British field marshal and chief of the Imperial General Staff who turned back an attempted Japanese invasion of India and defeated the Japanese armies in Burma (Myanmar) during World War II.
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Field Marshal William Slim is best known for commanding the Fourteenth Army in Burma during the Second World War (1939-45). He inherited a disastrous situation which, with pragmatic skill and quiet charisma, he turned to ultimate victory.
Viscount Slim, of Yarralumla in the Capital Territory of Australia and of Bishopston in the City and County of Bristol, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1960 for Field Marshal Sir William Slim upon the end of his term as Governor-General of Australia .
Field Marshal William J. Slim, first Viscount, is a superb example of a great leader who had mastered the holistic art of leadership. Slim's ethically and morally courageous traits appeared time and time again amid his gauntlet of grueling challenges. These traits offered Slim a powerful insight into
Period: Second World War (1939-1945) Rank: Acting Major-General. Unit: Headquarters, 10th Indian Infantry Division, British Indian Army. Awarded on: February 14th, 1943. In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Iraq, Syria and Persia during the period April, 1941, to February, 1942.
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Field Marshal William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim,, usually known as Bill Slim, was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia.
