6015231 Miles Dempsey, British general who commanded the Second Army in the Normandy landings and was the first British commander to cross the Rhine, World War II (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Miles Dempsey, British general who commanded the Second Army in the Normandy landings and was the first British commander to cross the Rhine, World War II. Illustration from The Second Great War, A Standard History, Volume Five (The Waverley Book Company Ltd in association with The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, c1946).); 穢 Look and Learn.