Hastings Ismay
General Hastings Lionel "Pug" Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay was a British politician, diplomat and general in the British Indian Army who was the first secretary general of NATO. He also was Winston Churchill's chief military assistant during the Second World War.
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Background
- Born in
- Nainital
- Educated at
- Charterhouse SchoolRoyal Military College, Sandhurst
- Awards
- 🏆 Distinguished Service Order🏆 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath🏆 Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath🏆 Companion of the Order of the Bath🏆 Knight of the Garter
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Trending topics shown first"On NATO "I am convinced that the present solution is only a partial one, aimed at guarding the heart. It must grow until the whole free world gets under one umbrella."
"Churchill owed more, and admitted that he owed more than to anybody else, military or civilian, in the whole of the war."
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1887
Born
Birth1965
Died
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