Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
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Field Marshal
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (icon; 17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed "Monty" and the "Spartan General" was a British Army
officer. He saw action in the First World War, when he was seriously wounded, and during the Second World War he commanded the 8th Army
from August 1942 in the Western Desert
until the final Allied victory in Tunisia.
Field Marshal (UK)
Field Marshal is the highest military rank of the British Army. It ranks immediately above the rank of General and is the Army equivalent of an Admiral of the Fleet and a Marshal of the Royal Air Force....
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (icon; 17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed "Monty" and the "Spartan General" was a British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
officer. He saw action in the First World War, when he was seriously wounded, and during the Second World War he commanded the 8th Army
Eighth Army (United Kingdom)
The Eighth Army was one of the best-known formations of the British Army during World War II, fighting in the North African and Italian campaigns....
from August 1942 in the Western Desert
Libyan Desert
The Libyan Desert covers an area of approximately 1,100,000 km2, it extends approximately 1100 km from east to west, and 1,000 km from north to south, in about the shape of a rectangle...
until the final Allied victory in Tunisia.
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