Throughout history, war has often been characterised as being an elaborate game of chess played by the Generals commanding the armies on the chessboard that is the battlefield. This characterisation ...

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 ...

The March 1945 crossings, by Patton and Montgomery's forces, gave the Allies beachheads with which to invade Germany.

In March 1945 the Rhine River was the last great barrier to the heart of Germany. General George S. Patton of US 3rd Army and Field Marshall Bernard L. Montgomery were both desperate to cross the ...

Bernard Law Montgomery was born on 17 November 1887 in London. He was educated at St Paul's School and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, and commissioned into the Royal Warwickshire Regiment ...

From September 17 to 25, 1944, the Western Allies carried out a major operation in the German-occupied Netherlands. Farewell to Bolek Ostrowski, last Polish soldier of Operation Market Garden ...

'I want to impress on everyone that the bad times are over - they're finished! Our mandate from the Prime Minister is to destroy the Axis forces in North Africa. I have seen it - written on half a ...

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 ...