Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (/m?nt'g?m?r? ?v '?l?me?n/; 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, where he was seriously wounded. 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 in Sicily and 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 L?neburg 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.
Alias
The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
Battle
World War II
1936?39 Arab revolt in Palestine
Allied invasion of Italy
Allied invasion of Sicily
Battle for Caen
Battle of Alam el Halfa
Battle of El Agheila
Battle of Medenine
Battle of the Bulge
Irish War of Independence
North African Campaign
Operation Cobra
Operation Goodwood
Operation Market Garden
Operation Overlord
Operation Plunder
Operation Pugilist
Operation Varsity
Operation Veritable
Second Battle of El Alamein
Tunisia Campaign
Western Allied invasion of Germany
Western Front (World War II)
World War I
Birth date
1887-11-17
Birth year
1887
Death date
1976-03-24
Death year
1976
Military command
Allied 21st Army Group 1943?1945
Chief of the Imperial General Staff 1946?1948
Deputy Supreme Commander Europe of NATO 1951?1958
Eighth Army 1942?1943
Service end year
1958
Service start year
1908
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