East Command and replaced by General Claude Auchinleck .
During the East African Campaign General Sir Archibald Wavell , the Commander-in-Chiefmilitary.military_commandthe British Middle East Command , directed Cunningham to retake British Somaliland and free Addis Ababa , Ethiopia from the Italians whilst forces under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir William Platt would attack from Sudan in the north through Eritrea .
After defeating the Continental Army under Commander-in-Chiefmilitary.military_commandGeorge Washington at the Battle of White Plains , the British Army forces under the command of Lieutenant General William Howe planned to capture Fort Washington , the last American stronghold on Manhattan .
Throughout this important period of World War II during which air interdiction was practiced and developed , Tedder was always at the forefront as Air Commander-in-Chiefmilitary.military_commandRAF Middle East Command , Mediterranean Air Command ( MAC ) , Mediterranean Allied Air Forces , and as General Dwight D. Eisenhower 's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander for planning the air operations for D-Day Normandy .
However , following a visit in early August to Egypt by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the Chief of the Imperial General Staff , General Alan Brooke , Alexander flew to Cairo on 8 August to replace Claude Auchinleck as the Commander-in-Chiefmilitary.military_commandMiddle East Command , the post responsible for the overall conduct of the campaign in the desert of North Africa .
In this role Stirrup directed the British contribution to the US-led Operation Enduring Freedom and he was the Senior British Military Advisor to General Tommy Franks , the Commander-in-Chiefmilitary.military_commandUnited States Central Command : Stirrup was replaced by Lieutenant General Cedric Delves .