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1894–1967 England

Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Edgeworth Morgan KCB (5 February 1894 – 19 March 1967) was a British Army officer in the Second World War, famous as the original planner of Operation Overlord.

England
Military leaders

Also known as: Frederick Edgeworth Morgan, Frederick Morgan, General Morgan

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Sound opinion is not the exclusive prerogative of those who are paid to give it.

Overture to Overlord (1950)

As those of us know who have taken part in battle, it is one thing to manoeuvre freely when secure in the knowledge that the man behind the gun is doing his best to miss us, but it is quite another thing when that same man is doing his utmost to liquidate you.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Frederick E. Morgan (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.