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  Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Montgomery was placed in command of II Corps during the evacuation and he was part of over 330,000 British and French troops that were successfully evacuated from Dunkirk by the time the operation ended on 4 June.
Montgomery's peremptory assumption of command of Eighth Army was deeply resented by Auchinleck and his departing staff.
Montgomery died in 1976 and was interred in the Holy Cross Churchyard, Binstead, Hampshire.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bernard_L._Montgomery   (1979 words)

  
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Montgomery led the Eighth Army across the Strait of Messina from Sicily in early September 1943, and advanced up the Italian Peninsular, along the Adriatic coast, throughout the autumn.
Early December found the Eighth Army engaged in the "Sangro Offensive." The goal of the attack was to break the Gustav Line, the Germans' winter rearguard for Rome, by crossing the Sangro River, drive northward to the town of Pescara, and capture the east-west highway to Rome.
Montgomery succeeded in crossing the Sangro River in the first week of December, and crossed the Moro River, twenty miles to the south of Pescara on December 10, but was only able to reach Ortona-two miles further north-by December 28.
www.ehistorybuff.com /mont1.html   (364 words)

  
 American Experience | D-Day | People & Events
Montgomery, commonly referred to as "Monty," initially earned distinction during World War II due to his highly effective leadership of the British Eighth Army in North Africa.
There, Montgomery was the first Allied general to inflict a decisive defeat upon the Axis forces when he drove them from their positions at El Alamein in northern Egypt.
Montgomery survived this setback, and in 1944, at the Battle of the Bulge, was given temporary command of all British and American forces on the north side of the bulging line.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/guts/peopleevents/pande06.html   (203 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Bernard L. Montgomery
During the Irish War of Independence (1919_1921), Montgomery was Officer Commanding the County of Cork, Ireland's largest county by area.
This conflict was notable for the ferocity of the reprisals carried out by Crown forces in what was nominally the United Kingdom, such as the burning of homes and businesses, torture of detainees and at times outright murder.
Cork is acknowledged by both Irish and British commentators as having been among the most bitterly contested regions, largely due to the intransigence and anti-Irish bigotry of leading officers such as Montgomery.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bernard-L.-Montgomery   (892 words)

  
 Montgomery on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Montgomery became the state capital in 1847 and boomed as a river port and cotton market.
During the civil-rights movement in the 1950s and 60s, Montgomery was marked by demonstrations led by Martin Luther King, Jr., who was a minister there in the mid-1950s.
Montgomery is facing extensive allegations Sprinter is accused of using five steroids
www.encyclopedia.com /html/m/mntgmryu1s1.asp   (707 words)

  
 William L. “Butch” Bernard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
William L. “Butch” Bernard ’76 was an All-American for both the 1975 and 1976 seasons that he played on the MC-Rockville men’s soccer team.
Bernard was captain of the 1976 team, as well as the team’s MVP and leading scorer for the season, with nine goals and four assists.
Bernard earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and he now works in home-construction sales as a contractor in the St. Louis, Missouri area.
www.mc.cc.md.us /alumni/hof/williambernard.html   (119 words)

  
 Montgomery, Bernard Law
The victory of El Alamein in October turned the tide in North Africa; it was followed by the expulsion of Field Marshal Rommel from Egypt and rapid Allied advance into Tunisia.
In February 1943 Montgomery's forces came under US general Eisenhower's command, and they took part in the conquest of Tunisia and Sicily and the invasion of Italy.
Montgomery was promoted to field marshal in 1944.
www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0002423.html   (232 words)

  
 Alamein, El. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
In August, Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery took command of the 8th Army.
Montgomery’s forces cleared the German minefields and on Nov. 1 and 2 burst through the German lines near the sea and forced a swift Axis retreat out of Egypt, across Libya, and into E Tunisia.
For his victory Montgomery was made a viscount with the title Montgomery of Alamein.
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372, 374-75; Montgomery, Normandy to the Baltic, pp.
General Montgomery made a new analysis of the situation on 11 August and attempted to anticipate the probable consequences of the implicit juncture of Canadian and American troops.
Montgomery believed-with good logic and a sound estimate of the probable course of German action-that the Canadians could cover the shorter distance to Argentan from the north more quickly than the XV Corps could from the south.
www.ibiblio.org /pub/academic/history/marshall/military/wwii/command.decisions/chap_17/chap_17.txt   (6660 words)

  
 Juno Beach Centre - Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery
Bernard Law Montgomery, born in London on November 17th, 1887; died near Alton, Hampshire, on March 24th, 1976.
Bernard Montgomery was the son of an Anglican bishop.
Montgomery wanted to use the troops supplied by the Dominions as if they were British units, dividing them up when the need arose, which was a cause for some friction with the Canadian General Staff and government, intent on maintaining the cohesion and the national character of their armies.
www.junobeach.org /e/3/can-pep-gbr-monty-e.htm   (700 words)

  
 El Alamein, July 2 - November 4, 1942
When Auchinleck’s replacement was killed, Churchill appointed Lieutenant General Bernard L. Montgomery to command the Eighth Army on August 12, 1942.
With characteristic deliberateness, Montgomery sought to rebuild the fighting spirit of the Eighth Army.
Montgomery took his time, as he would in France two years later.
www.worldwar2database.com /html/elalamein.htm   (430 words)

  
 Saving Private Ryan: Bernard Law Montgomery
Bernard Law Montgomery was born in London, England on November 17, 1887.
Although believed by most to be a highly successful military commander, Montgomery was widely criticized for his attack on the French city of Caen.
Montgomery continued to command troops until the end of the war, and was the commander of all British troops in Germany following the German surrender in May of 1945.
www.sproe.com /m/monty.html   (384 words)

  
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“In Defense of Montgomery.” MHQ 8 (Autm 1995): pp.
Montgomery, Bernard L. A Collection of Field-Marshal Montgomery's Personal Messages to 21 Army Group: Normandy to the Baltic, 6 June 1944 - 8 May 1945.
Montgomery, the Field Marshal: The Campaign in North West Europe, 1944/45.
carlisle-www.army.mil /usamhi/bibliographies/ReferenceBibliographies/Biographies/montgomerybernard.doc   (353 words)

  
 TUNISIA AND KASSERINE PASS
Montgomery and the British Eighth Army were delayed by lengthening supply lines while the inexperienced U.S. II Corps did not attack the Germans when they had the opportunity.
Montgomery's Eighth Army hit the Axis southern flank around Mareth with a multi-division force, breaking the Mareth line on 20 March.
While Montgomery rolled up the German southern flank, Patton's revitalized II Corps drove east into their flank, drawing enemy units from the south, thereby weakening the opposition to Montgomery's push.
www.olive-drab.com /od_history_ww2_ops_battles_1943tunisia.php   (1575 words)

  
 World War II Editorial September 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
It was September, and I was there to study the attempt by the Allies to put Field Marshal Bernard L.
Montgomery's "single thrust" strategy to the test and seize a Rhine River crossing.
The unanticipated presence of SS armored formations along the corridor, malfunctioning radio equipment, drop zones too far from the objectives, and the unexpectedly fierce resistance of a foe who was determined to defend a direct route into its homeland quickly caused the operation to falter.
www.thehistorynet.com /wwii/editorial_09_04   (714 words)

  
 Logistics and the Broad-Front
Accordingly, Field Marshal Montgomery's 21 Army Group was given the mission of securing the approaches to Antwerp or Rotterdam and capturing additional Channel ports; Lt. Gen.
On 17 September, Montgomery had launched a combined United States-British airborne operation in Holland to secure a bridgehead over the Rhine and to turn the enemy's flank in the north.
Since the Ruhr rather than the Saar was the most important objective, it was inevitable that the burden of the sacrifice should be borne by those 12th Army Group forces operating south of the Ardennes in the direction of the Saar-General Patton's Third Army.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/70-7_18.htm   (3383 words)

  
 D Day: Assembling the Allied Tactical Air Forces
Ironically, Montgomery and the RAF now came to disagree over the relationship between the air and the land commander.
Montgomery paid lip service to the concept of independent air action, but his actions in early 1944 clearly indicate that he considered his equals in the RAF merely advisers.
Montgomery's planned advance from the beachhead (which the airmen considered too slow) turned out to be instead over-optimistic; the actual advance was even slower.
www.aero-web.org /history/wwii/d-day/4.htm   (1127 words)

  
 The Second World War Experience Centre - Key Figures of D-Day - Prime Minister Winston S Churchill and Field Marshall ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Montgomery fought the campaigns in Sicily and Italy under Eisenhower's command.
He was pleased to learn of the success of the assault on the British beaches and the airborne attacks but disappointed that the British Second Army had failed to take Caen.
Montgomery arrived in France on 8 June and established tactical headquarters in Creully for the Battle of Normandy.
www.war-experience.org /history/keyfigures/d-day/pagetwo.htm   (569 words)

  
 INTRODUCTION: The Final Campaign for North Africa
Montgomery's Eighth Army had pushed the Afrika Korps 1,500 miles along the desert coast of North Africa and into the Mareth Line in southern Tunisia.
Sir Kenneth A. Anderson, the British Eighth Army under General Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, and the United States II Corps commanded by Maj. Gen.
General Montgomery's Eighth Army held the Allied right flank in the mountainous Enfidaville sector.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/bizerte/bizerte-intro.htm   (1533 words)

  
 Stars & Stripes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Accompanying Montgomery are EUCOM Commander-in-Chief Gen. Thomas T. Handy, left, and Maj. Henry J. Pierce, commanding officer of the combined honor guard.
Montgomery arrived here from Baden-Baden, headquarters of French forces in Germany, accompanied by Lt Col Costa de Beauregard of the French army.
Participating units, under the command of Maj Henry J. Pierce, 12th Inf Regt, were the Army 557th Inf Plat (Sep.), EUCOM Honor Guard; a Navy platoon from the Rhine River Patrol, and an AF platoon from the 517th Air Police Squadron.
www.stripes.com /article.asp?section=126&article=18166&archive=true   (406 words)

  
 TheHistoryNet Discussion Forums: Was Operation Varsity necessary?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Operation Varsity -- Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery’s massive Rhine River crossing assault in coordination with the largest Airbourne operation was expected to be the main knockout blow against Germany by destroying the Ruhr industrial capacities.
All these american attacks had attracted and destroyed most of the reinforcements sent by the germans and thus left the Rhur unprotected.
So in conclusion Montgomery's mega campaign turned out to be an overkill afterall.
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 Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery... - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 WWII Contents July/August 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Frustrated by weeks of failed attempts to break the deadlock around the British invasion beaches and move inland, Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery seized upon the idea of launching a massive armored onslaught to capture Caen and end the Normandy stalemate.
Would you agree with General Bernard L. Montgomery's assertion that his Goodwood offensive in July 1944 should be considered a strategic success?
In August 1944, the Germans fought desperately to hold open their last escape route from Normandy while the Polish 1st Armored and the U.S. 90th Infantry divisions fought equally hard to close it.
www.thehistorynet.com /wwii/contents_08_04   (376 words)

  
 Twenty-first Army Group
The Twenty-first Army Group, which consisted of the British and Canadian forces in the United Kingdom that were assigned for the invasion of Europe, was established in London in July 1943.
In December 1944 General Sir Bernard L. Montgomery was designated as its commander.
On June 6, 1944, General Montgomery directed the seaborne and airborne assault on the Continent.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/21ag.htm   (179 words)

  
 Desert Victory (1943)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
An unknown man outside army circles Lieutenant General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery was a man dedicated to the profession of arms; a soldier to the marrow in his bones.
Montgomery was building up Eighth's strength at the time.
Generals, Archie Wavell, Alan Cunningham, and Claude Auchinleck, overshadowed by Harold Alexander and Bernard Montgomery.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0035796   (1084 words)

  
 D-Day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
He is the only son of the famous General Bernard L. Montgomery, often known simply as “Monty”.
Unfortunately, General Montgomery ignored intelligence warnings that two SS Panzer divisions were in the Arnhem area resting and refitting after being beaten up in the Normandy battles.
When the Allied armored columns encountered delays in their efforts to break through to Arnhem, the lightly armed British 1st Airborne Division was cut off by the Panzers.
www.ifbb.com /reports/d_day.htm   (1924 words)

  
 BERNARD L
BERNARD L. Bernard Tetreault is the President of Innovative Housing Institute dedicated to the furtherance of mixed income housing.
He is currently advising the Receiver of the troubled Washington D.C. Housing Authority on such matters.
Bernard L. Tetreault served as Executive Director of the Housing Opportunities Commission (HOC) of Montgomery County, Maryland, August 1971 through June, 1995.
www.puaf.umd.edu /OEP/SpkrBios/tetreaul.htm   (492 words)

  
 PETE 1010 - General Bernard L. Montgomery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
"General Bernard L. Montgomery watches his tanks move up." North Africa, November 1942.
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel could not win a victory against General Bernard L. Montomery.
General Montomery was a great military strategist; however, General Montomery had petrol; Field Marshal Rommel did not.
www.pete.lsu.edu /courses/pete1010/montgomery.htm   (52 words)

  
 Bernard
1987 Bernard Cardinal Alfrink, archbishop of Utrecht Neth, dies at 87
1976 Bernard L Montgomery, British general, defeated Rommel, dies at 88
1924 Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70
www.brainyhistory.com /topics/b/bernard.html   (1565 words)

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