Bernard Montgomery: The Background, Strategies, Tactics and Battlefield Experiences of the Greatest Commanders of History
Tim Moreman
Language: English
Pages: 65
ISBN: 2:00256495
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Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery is the best-known and most controversial British general of World War II, who continues to provoke strong opinions today. Known for his demanding standards and prickly personality, he nevertheless possessed a gift for warfare, leading Eighth Army to victory over Rommel in North Africa and masterminding Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy. Montgomery's arrogance and lack of social grace, however, were his greatest weaknesses, and he would frequently test the patience of other senior Allied officers. Here, Tim Moreman examines the life and career of this brilliant but deeply flawed man, offering insights into the mind of one of World War II's most enigmatic and compelling personalities.
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Offensives in future. The ensuing attacks on the German defences in and around the ruins of Caen - Operations Epsom, Charnwood and Goodwood - broadly followed the same lines, with the operational methods employed by Montgomery and his subordinates an amalgam of pre-war doctrine and lessons learnt from operations, including El Alamein. These set-piece attacks on each occasion were carried out on a narrow front and in great depth, with overwhelming artillery, naval gunfire and air power deployed to.
Deliberately courted their attention. Montgomery was not a 'Great Captain', as he fervently believed himself to be, but was without doubt the best and most successful general fielded by the UK against Axis forces in Europe based on his successful wartime performance in North Africa and Northwest Europe. On balance, Montgomery was a well-rounded professional soldier on many levels by dint of experience and years of study: an impressive inspirational leader, a skilled planner who had a gift for.
Officers of the 17th Battalion The Royal Fusiliers at Duren in the Ruhr, autumn 1919. Montgomery briefly served in the army of occupation before securing a coveted place at the Staff College at Camberley. combating the Irish Rebellion. For this young Anglo-Irish officer this bitter experience of guerrilla warfare against fellow Irishmen provided much food for thought, and he gained a reputation for exemplary efficiency as a staff officer. In 1923 Montgomery was posted as a GS02 to 49th.
Territorial Division in Yorkshire, where he established a friendship with Francis de Guingand and further refined his ideas about training, especially that of part-time soldiers. Following a brief stint with his battalion as a company commander, Major (brevet Lieutenant-Colonel) Montgomery was appointed in January 1926 a member of the directing staff of the Staff College at Camberley. It was a fulfilling time for Montgomery, who taught alongside Alan Brooke and Bernard Paget. Montgomery fell in.
Units withdrawn from the front line. Further experimentation in organization was banned. Henceforward the GOC directed that divisions would fight as complete formations under their commanders with clear-cut tasks and definite objectives, rather than going into action fragmented into brigades and small battle groups as before. The new GOC proved himself a commander sufficiently willing, ruthless and confident enough in his own judgement to impose his own carefully thought-out interpretation of.