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Bernard Law Montgomery
1st
Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
1887—1976
British
military officer
during World
War II
known as
“Monty”
1942 Winston
Churchill
appointed him
commander
of British
Eighth Army
in North
African campaign
Pushed back
Erwin Rommel
in Second
Battle of El Alamein
Led Allied
invasion of Sicily 1943
Famous
personality clashes
with U.S.
General George Patton
Recalled to
England to take part
in Operation
Overlord,
the invasion of
Normandy
Commanded 21st
Army Group
until end of
the war in Europe
Commanded
Allied forces Europe
until arrival
of Dwight Eisenhower
Personality led
to conflicts
within Allied
high command
His Operation
Market Garden
led to defeat
of 1st Airborne Div
Criticized for
claiming credit
for victory in
Battle of the Bulge
Made 1st
Viscount Montgomery
of Alamein in
1946
Chief of
Imperial General Staff
1947-1948
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Copyrighted 2005 by Carl Peterson
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