Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery: References & Edit History
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- El-Alamein
- World War IILibya and Egypt, autumn 1941–summer 1942
- World War IIThe German collapse, spring 1945
- North Africa campaignsThe First Battle of El-Alamein
- North Africa campaignsMontgomery in the desert
- North Africa campaignsThe Second Battle of El-Alamein
- North Africa campaignsThe Second Battle of El-Alamein
- North Africa campaignsRommel’s final offensive in Africa
- North Africa campaignsThe final Allied assault and the German collapse
Additional Reading
Studies of Montgomery’s life and military career include Brian Montgomery, A Field-Marshal in the Family (1973, reissued 1987), written by his brother; Richard Lamb, Montgomery in Europe, 1943–1945: Success or Failure? (1984), focusing on his career as a field marshal; and a three-volume biography by Nigel Hamilton, Monty: The Making of a General, 1887–1942 (1981), Monty: Master of the Battlefield, 1942–1944 (1983), and Monty: Final Years of the Field-Marshal, 1944–1976 (also published as Monty: The Field Marshal, 1944–1976, 1986), based on Montgomery’s private papers, also available in a condensed one-volume version, Monty: The Battles of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (1994). Examinations of the relationship between Generals Montgomery and Eisenhower include Norman Gelb, Ike and Monty: Generals at War (1994); and Alistair Horne and David Montgomery, The Lonely Leader: Monty, 1944–1945 (1994), offering a British perspective written in part by Montgomery’s son.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: HistoryNet - Monty in WWI: A Future Field Marshal's Close Call at Meteren in 1914. | Jul 31, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 20, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: English Heritage - Montgomery, Bernard Law, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. | Nov 15, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Westminster Abbey - Bernard, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. | Oct 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - Great Lives - Al Murray on Bernard Montgomery. | May 16, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Bernard Montgomery. | Feb 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Park Services - Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery. | Jan 16, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Weapons and Warfare - Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, 1887-1976. | Aug 22, 2024 | ||
| Replaced photo. | Jul 02, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 27, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Monty in WWI: A Future Field Marshal's Close Call at Meteren in 1914. | Oct 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: World War II Database - Biography of Bernard Montgomery. | Mar 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Army Museum - Bernard Law Montgomery: Unbeatable and unbearable. | Mar 01, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Ohio State University - ehistory - Biography of Bernard Montgomery. | Feb 27, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Military History Encyclopedia on the Web - Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887-1976). | Apr 14, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of Bernard Law Montgomery. | Apr 12, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Bernard Law Montgomery. | Apr 12, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Learning Site - Biography of Bernard Montgomery. | Apr 12, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. | Apr 12, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Bernard Montgomery. | Apr 12, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The World at War - Biography of Bernard Law Montgomery. | Apr 12, 2013 | ||
| Added photograph. | Jun 02, 2011 | ||
| Changed "The Netherlands" to "the Netherlands." | Sep 15, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Viscount Montgomery. | Nov 25, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Digger History - Biography of Bernard Law Montgomery. | Nov 21, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of Bernard Law Montgomery. | Nov 21, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 07, 2005 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |