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He was created 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein in [[1946]]. |
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Revision as of 11:27, 10 May 2002
Field Marshall Bernard Law Montgomery 1887 - 1976.
In August 1942, Winston Churchill appointed Montgomery commander of the British Eighth Army in the North African campaign. He successfully pushed back Erwin Rommel, forcing him to retreat from Egypt after the Second Battle of El Alamein.
Under the command of Eisenhower, he successfully led the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943.
Montgomery commanded the ground forces during the Normandy landings.
He was created 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein in 1946.
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