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Bernard Law Montgomery
(1887–1976) British field marshal and Allied commander during World War II, known as Monty. Montgomery first gained fame in 1942 with his defeat of the forces of Erwin Rommel at ...
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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
..., Bernard Law ( 1887–1976 ) British field marshal and Allied commander during World War II , known as Monty. Montgomery first gained fame in 1942 with his defeat of the forces of Erwin Rommel at the battle of El Alamein , following which he pursued the German armies across North Africa to their surrender in Tunisia ( 1943 ). He led the Allied invasion of Normandy ( 1944 ) under the command of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower , with whom he had a contentious relationship throughout the war. In Britain he was hailed as another Wellington and...
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The Oxford Companion to American Military History
..., Bernard Law ( 1887–1976 ). British field marshal. One of the best‐known and controversial commanders of World War II, Montgomery—or Monty as he was better known—commanded Allied armies in two of the decisive battles of the war, El Alamein and Normandy. A Sandhurst graduate, he entered the British army in 1908 , and served with distinction in World War I. Between the wars Montgomery was among the few army officers who grasped the need for new ideas, new equipment and new techniques. He was an unorthodox individualist. In August 1942 , with the...
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World Encyclopedia
..., Bernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein 1887–1976 British general . As commander of the British 8th Army in World War 2, he defeated Rommel and the Afrika Korps at El Alamein ( 1942 ). He led the invasion of Sicily and Italy. ‘Monty’ helped to plan the Normandy landings ( 1944 ), and, under the overall command of General Eisenhower , led the Allies in the initial stages. He was Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Europe ( 1951–58...
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A Dictionary of World History (3 ed.)
..., Bernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (known as ‘Monty’) ( 1887–1976 ) British Field Marshal . In 1942 he commanded the 8th Army in the Western Desert, where his victory at El Alamein proved the first significant Allied success in World War II. He was later given command of the Allied ground forces in the invasion of Normandy in 1944 and accepted the German surrender on 7 May 1945 ....
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A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (6 ed.)
...Montgomery, Bernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (b. London , 17 Nov. 1887 ; d. Alton, Hampshire , 23 Mar. 1976 ) British field marshal Born in London, but brought up in Tasmania until 1901 , he attended St Paul's School (London), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1908 , and served in India, before seeing action in Belgium and France during World War I . He became a staff officer in the 1920s, and trained soldiers until he was posted to India and Palestine in the 1930s. At the beginning...
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Who's Who in the Twentieth Century
... of Alamein, Bernard Law, 1st Viscount ( 1887–1970 ) British field-marshal who commanded Allied ground forces during the liberation of France in World War II but who is perhaps best known for his victory over Rommel 's Afrika Korps at El Alamein in 1942 . He was created a viscount in 1946 . A bishop's son, Montgomery was educated at St Paul's School before entering the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He joined the Royal Warwickshire regiment and while a platoon leader in World War I, was wounded; after various staff postings he became a...
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The Oxford Companion to Military History
..., FM Sir Bernard Law, 1st Viscount ( 1887–1976 ). A bishop's son, Montgomery was educated at St Paul's School and Sandhurst, where he was demoted for setting a fellow cadet on fire, burning him badly. Commissioned into the Royal Warwicks, for he had not passed out high enough to join the cheaper Indian army, Montgomery was wounded in 1914 . He finished WW I a lieutenant colonel, having spent some instructive time on the staff of one of Plumer 's corps. His wife's early death impelled him more deeply into his profession, and in the fall of France ...
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