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Bernard Montgomery

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Bernard Montgomery

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Also known as Bernard Law Montgomery, Bernard L. Montgomery, General Montgomery, Field Marshal Montgomery, Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery, Lord Montgomery, Bernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Al 'Alamayn Montgomery, Montgomery, Bernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Al 'Alamayn

British Army officer (1887–1976)

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Bernard Montgomery (1887–1976) was a British military officer, writer, and politician who served as a field marshal in the British Army. Born in Kennington, he was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and the Command and Staff College. He held the position of Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom) and commanded the 8th Army and the 21st Army Group. Montgomery participated in World War I, World War II, the Irish War of Independence, and the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. He received several awards, including the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, the Croix de guerre 1914–1918, the Distinguished Service Order, and the Order of Victory.

As a writer, Montgomery is associated with works such as *The Memoirs of Field Marshall Montgomery* and *The Memoirs Of Field-Marshal The Viscount Montgomery Of Alamein*. He worked in London and was the son of Henry Montgomery. Montgomery died in Alton.

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Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • The Memoirs of Field Marshall Montgomery
  • The Memoirs Of Field-Marshal The Viscount Montgomery Of Alamein

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Film & TV

Acting · Kennington, London, England, UK

Known for

  • Storm Front in Mayo — Self - British Military (archive footage)2019
  • D-Day Sacrifice — Self (archive footage)2014
  • When the Wind Blows — Self (archive footage)1986
  • Crusade in Europe — Self (archive footage)1949
  • Rhin et Danube — Self (archival footage)1948
  • Berlin Conference — Self1945

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1923-03-06
Active to
1968-06-15
2008 universal fire victimbig bandhard bopjazzjazz poplatin jazz

Discography

Official siteDiscogsStream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
225
Total plays
1,114

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)

    · 2016 · cited 23,667x

  2. General atomic and molecular electronic structure system

    · 1993 · cited 19,134x

  3. A global reference for human genetic variation

    · 2015 · cited 17,794x

  4. <scp>CHARMM</scp>: A program for macromolecular energy, minimization, and dynamics calculations

    · 1983 · cited 13,595x

  5. <i>Planck</i> 2018 results

    · 2020 · cited 13,378x

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Quotes

  • “I want to impose on everyone that the bad times are over, they are finished! Our mandate from the Prime Minister is to destroy the Axis forces in North Africa...It can be done, and it will be done!”
  • “Anyone who votes Labour ought to be locked up.”
  • “Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: "Do not march on Moscow". Various people have tried it, Napoleon and Hitler, and it is no good. That is the first rule. I do not know whether your Lordships will know Rule 2 of war. It is: "Do not go fighting with your land armies in China". It is a vast country, with no clearly defined objectives.”
  • “The United States has broken the second rule of war. That is: don't go fighting with your land army on the mainland in Asia. Rule One is, don't march on Moscow. I developed those two rules myself.”
  • “The frightful casualties appalled me. The so-called "good fighting generals" of the war appeared to me to be those who had a complete disregard for human life. There were of course exceptions and I suppose one was Plumer; I had only once seen him and I had never spoken to him.”
  • “Leadership is the capacity and will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.”

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Encyclopedic overview

Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed "Monty", was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence and the Second World War.

Montgomery first saw action in the First World War as a junior officer of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. At Méteren, near the Belgian border at Bailleul, he was shot through the right lung by a sniper during the First Battle of Ypres. On returning to the Western Front as a general staff officer, he took part in the Battle of Arras in April–May 1917. He also took part in the Battle of Passchendaele in late 1917 before finishing the war as chief of staff of the 47th (2nd London) Division. In the inter-war years he commanded the 17th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers and, later, the 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment before becoming commander of the 9th Infantry Brigade and then general officer commanding (GOC), 8th Infantry Division.

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