Bernard Montgomery
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Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (1887 - 1976)
He saw action in the First World War, where he was seriously wounded, and during the Second World War he commanded the Eighth Army from August 1942 in the Western Desert until the final Allied victory in Tunisia. This command included the Battle of El Alamein, a turning point in the Western Desert Campaign. He subsequently commanded the Eighth Army in Sicily and Italy before being given responsibility for planning the D-Day invasion in Normandy. He was in command of all Allied ground forces during Operation Overlord from the initial landings until after the Battle of Normandy. He then continued in command of the 21st Army Group for the rest of the campaign in North West Europe. As such he was the principal field commander for the failed airborne attempt to bridge the Rhine at Arnhem and the Allied Rhine crossing. On 4 May 1945 he took the German surrender at Lüneburg Heath in norther…more
He saw action in the First World War, where he was seriously wounded, and during the Second World War he commanded the Eighth Army from August 1942 in the Western Desert until the final Allied victory in Tunisia. This command included the Battle of El Alamein, a turning point in the Western Desert Campaign. He subsequently commanded the Eighth Army in Sicily and Italy before being given responsibility for planning the D-Day invasion in Normandy. He was in command of all Allied ground forces during Operation Overlord from the initial landings until after the Battle of Normandy. He then continued in command of the 21st Army Group for the rest of the campaign in North West Europe. As such he was the principal field commander for the failed airborne attempt to bridge the Rhine at Arnhem and the Allied Rhine crossing. On 4 May 1945 he took the German surrender at Lüneburg Heath in norther…more
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Jackdaws
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2001
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D-Day: The Battle for Normandy
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2009
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Ardennes 1944: The Battle of the Bulge
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2015
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Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France
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2019
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Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers Who Turned The Tide in the Second World War
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2012
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Sicily '43: The First Assault on Fortress Europe
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2020
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A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II
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1994
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One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate
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1999
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War Diaries, 1939-1945: Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke
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1998
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Winston S. Churchill: Road to Victory, 1941-1945
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1986
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