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Hastings Lionel Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay KG, GCB, CH, DSO, PC, DL (21 June 1887 – 17 December 1965) was a British politician, diplomat and general in the British Indian Army who was the first Secretary General of NATO.
Jun 17, 2024 · Hastings Lionel Ismay, Baron Ismay was a British soldier who became Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s closest military adviser during World War II and participated in most major policy decisions of the Allied powers. Commissioned in 1905, Ismay served in India and Africa. After World War I he.
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Hastings Lionel Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay KG GCB CH DSO PC (21 June 1887 – 17 December 1965), nicknamed Pug, was a British Indian Army officer and diplomat. He was Winston Churchill's chief military assistant during the Second World War and he was the first Secretary General of NATO from 1952 to 1957.
Hastings Lionel 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.
Lord Hastings Lionel Ismay was NATO’s first Secretary General, a position he was initially reluctant to accept. By the end of his tenure however, Ismay had become the biggest advocate of the organisation he had famously said earlier on in his political career, was created to “keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.”
Hastings Lionel Ismay Ismay, 1st Baron (Ĭz´mā), 1887–1965, British general, known as "Pug" Ismay. He served in India and, during World War I, in Africa. During World War II he held simultaneously the posts of chief of staff to Winston Churchill and deputy secretary to the war cabinet.
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Sep 19, 2012 · The memoirs of general the Lord Ismay. by. Ismay, Hastings Lionel Ismay, Baron, 1887-1965. Publication date. 1960. Topics. Ismay, Hastings Lionel Ismay, Baron, 1887-1965, World War, 1939-1945, Generals. Publisher. London ; Toronto : Heinemann.
