Montgomery : unbeatable, unbearable : the story of Britain's most talented and feared WW2 general
Mead, Gary2026
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Known to all as 'Monty', Bernard Law Montgomery's greatest achievement was to give the British Army self-belief after Dunkirk, ensuring that his troops were inspired to embark on the long struggle to defeat Nazi Germany and its allies. The self-proclaimed 'cad' of the army would regularly tour his forces to talk to them in person, but employed disastrously outdated tactics in the Second World War. Yet he still secured famous wins in North Africa, most notably in the second Battle of El-Alamein. He followed that by leading his troops into Europe, first by invading Italy in September 1943 and then commanding the D-Day landings in Normandy in June 1944. However, his strategy for the Battle of Arnhem proved a costly failure. No other general was so hated by his peers; no other general was held in such affection by the ordinary ranks and by the public. This balanced account of one of Britain's most complex war heroes looks beyond the battlefield.
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Author:
Mead, Gary, author
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London : Bloomsbury, 2026.
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352 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781408878583 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.5421092940.5421
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English
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BRN:
1027900