Field marshal montgomery biography book
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A first edition, first printing published by Collins in pp. No inscriptions. Foxing to the endpapers else a near fine bright copy in near fine indeed bright dustwrapper with a small closed tear to the front panel. Some wear to the edges. A lovely example.
Montgomery, one of Britain&#;s most prominent military leaders, shares insights into his strategies, leadership style, and the key campaigns he was involved in. The memoir covers his early years, training, and service in various theaters of war, but it primarily focuses on his command of the British Eighth Army in North Africa and the famous Battle of El Alamein, where he achieved a decisive victory against the Axis forces led by General Erwin Rommel. Montgomery also discusses his leadership during the Allied invasion of Normandy (D-Day) and the subsequent campaign in Northwest Europe, where he led the British and Canadian forces to victory against Nazi Germany. Throughout the memoirs, Montgomery reflects on the challenges of high
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1st edn., pp, half tone frontis portrait, 24pp half tone photo ills., 14pp maps, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, top edge coloured, the autobiography of a leading soldier which covers much personal detail including his boyhood and early days in the army which he joined in , his service during WW1 on the western front ending the war as GSO1, staff college at Camberley and service in Palestine and India before return to England in to command the 9th Infantry Brigade, the death of his wife and in WW2 and command of 3rd Division, service in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Normandy, Arnhem and the Ardennes with progressive advancements, the text includes much of his correspondence with General Eisenhower and also covers his final years in post-war Europe as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, lightly rubbed at exterms., edges well tanned and foxed, foxing to endpapers and faint fox mark to prelims., dustwrapper: well rubbed at extrems., chips to spine ends, short tears to ed
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Mass marknad paperback. Condition: Good. First Printing [stated]. , [4] pages. Some cover wear and page browning. Includes Illustrations. Maps. Foreword and Index, as well as chapters on Boyhood Days; My Early Life in the Army; Between the Wars; Britain Goes to War in ; The Army in England after Dunkirk; My Doctrine of Command; Eighth Army; The Battle of Alam Halfa; The Battle of Alamein; Alamein to Tunis; The Campaign in Sicily; The Campaign in Italy; In England before Do-Day; The Battle of Normandy; Allied Strategy North of the Seine; The Battle of Arnhem; Prelude to the Ardennes; The Battle of the Ardennes; The End of the War in Europe; The German Surrender; Some Thoughts n High Command in War; The Control of Post-War Germany: The First Steps; Difficulties with the Russians Begin; The Struggle to Rehabilitate Germany; gods Days in Germany; Prelude to Whitehall; Beginnings in Whitehalll; Overseas Tours in ; Storm Clouds over Palestine; inom make myself a nuisance in Whitehall, Beginn