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Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, KCB KBE MVO , ( January 20 , 1883 - January 2 , 1945 ) was a British Admiral during World War II .


CONTRIBUTION

Ramsey became an important contributor in the field of Amphibious Warfare

As Vice-Admiral Dover he was responsible for the Dunkirk Evacuation .
He was active in planning Operation Sledgehammer and was subsequently given the planning role for the naval landings of Operation Torch in North Africa.
He played a major part in planning the D-day Invasion , particularly the naval landings of Operation Neptune and led the naval forces in the battle,

In January, 1945 , he was killed when his Plane Crash ed on takeoff at Toussus-le-Noble . He was en route to a conference in Brussels .