Bernard Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Military person

Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (/məntˈɡʌmərɪ əv ˈæləmeɪn/; 17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed "Monty" and the "Spartan General", was a British Army officer.He saw action in the First World War as a junior officer in The Royal Warwickshire Regiment. At Méteren, near the Belgian border at Bailleul, he was shot through the right lung by a sniper. He returned to the Western Front as a general staff officer and took part in the Battle of Arras in April/May 1917. He also took part in the Battle of Passchendaele in Autumn 1917 before finishing the war as chief of staff of the 47th (2nd London) Division.In the inter-war years he commanded the 17th Battalion the Royal Fusiliers and, later, the 1st Battalion of The Royal Warwickshire Regiment before becoming commander of 9th Infantry Brigade and then General Officer Commanding 8th Infantry Division.During the Second World War he commanded the Eighth Army from August 1942 in the Western Desert until the final Allied victory in Tunisia. This command included the Battle of El Alamein, a turning point in the Western Desert Campaign. He subsequently commanded the Eighth Army during the Allied invasion of Sicily and then during the Allied invasion of Italy.He was in command of all Allied ground forces during Operation Overlord from the initial landings until after the Battle of Normandy. He then continued in command of the 21st Army Group for the rest of the campaign in North West Europe. As such he was the principal field commander for the failed airborne attempt to bridge the Rhine at Arnhem and the Allied Rhine crossing. On 4 May 1945 he took the German surrender at Lüneburg Heath in northern Germany. After the war he became Commander-in-Chief of the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) in Germany and then Chief of the Imperial General Staff.

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Bernard Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

Alias (AKA)	The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
Birth date	November 17, 1887
Birth place	London , United Kingdom , Kennington
Date of death	March 24, 1976
Place of death	England , United Kingdom , Alton Hampshire
Resting place	England , Binsted

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award	Order of the Bath Mentioned in dispatches Order of the Garter Distinguished Service Order
military operations	Second Battle of El Alamein 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine North African Campaign Operation Plunder Western Front (World War II) Operation Varsity Operation Veritable Operation Overlord Allied invasion of Italy Operation Cobra Western Allied invasion of Germany Battle of the Bulge Operation Market Garden World War II Irish War of Independence Operation Goodwood Allied invasion of Sicily World War I Tunisia Campaign Battle of Alam el Halfa Operation Pugilist Battle of Medenine Battle for Caen Battle of El Agheila
military branch	British Army
military command	Deputy Supreme Commander Europe of NATO 1951–1958 Allied 21st Army Group 1943–1945 Chief of the Imperial General Staff 1946–1948 Eighth Army 1942–1943
service start	1908
service end	1958