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| Lord Gort and Lieutenant General Pownall study a map at GHQ in the Chateau at Harbarcq, France, 26 Nov 1939 | General Sir Henry Pownall at Singapore as Commander-in-Chief of the British Far East forces, Dec 1941 |
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