The first ABDA command meeting, 10 Jan 1942; left to right: Geoffrey Layton, Conrad Helfrich, Thomas Hart, Hein ter Poorten, Emile Kengen, Archibald Wavell, George Brett, and Lewis BeretonArchibald Wavell and Hein ter Poorten at Batavia, Java, Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia), 22 Jan 1942Portrait of Viceroy of India Archibald Wavell, 1943Winston Churchill, Archibald Wavell, and James Somerville in conference aboard the ship Queen Mary, May 1943
The first ABDA command meeting, 10 Jan 1942; left to right: Geoffrey Layton, Conrad Helfrich, Thomas Hart, Hein ter Poorten, Emile Kengen, Archibald Wavell, George Brett, and Lewis BeretonArchibald Wavell and Hein ter Poorten at Batavia, Java, Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia), 22 Jan 1942Portrait of Viceroy of India Archibald Wavell, 1943Winston Churchill, Archibald Wavell, and James Somerville in conference aboard the ship Queen Mary, May 1943
Field Marshal Lord Archibald Wavell, Viceroy of India, and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery during a visit to Montgomery’s headquarters in Germany, 12 Apr 1945.Montgomery with Viceroy Wavell and Field Marshal Auchinleck at Viceregal Gardens, New Delhi, India, 17 Jun 1946
Field Marshal Lord Archibald Wavell, Viceroy of India, and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery during a visit to Montgomery’s headquarters in Germany, 12 Apr 1945.Montgomery with Viceroy Wavell and Field Marshal Auchinleck at Viceregal Gardens, New Delhi, India, 17 Jun 1946
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