Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976), British Army officer
Died #otd Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976), British Army officer, 50 years ago today #BernardMontgomery life story...
Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976), British Army officer
Died #otd Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976), British Army officer, 50 years ago today #BernardMontgomery life story...
“Leadership is the capacity and will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.”
🇬🇧 WWI Officer and WWII Field Marshall #BernardMontgomery passed away #OTD 24 March 1976, aged 88. #Monty #History #Military
You know the rules of engagement, "Never fight a land war in Asia" by #WW2 Special Five Generals #BernardMontgomery, #DwightEisenhower & #DouglasMacArthur. More famously, it appeared in the book & movie #ThePrincessBride. The phrase suggest that armies that try to take land in #Asia inevitably fail.
#tweetfromalternatehistory 1943 #OnThisDay in #alternativehistory Field Marshall #BernardMontgomery Chosen As Supreme Allied Commander for Operation Overlord, the forthcoming Invasion of Normandy
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English military commander Bernard Montgomery was BOTD [17 November] in 1887. Renowned for his leadership of Allied Forces during WW2, Monty had a series of passionate attachments to young men throughout his life. #bernardmontgomery #monty #maybegays #bornonthisday
English military commander Bernard Montgomery was BOTD [17 November] in 1887. Renowned for his leadership of Allied Forces during WW2, Monty had a series of passionate attachments to young men throughout his life. #bernardmontgomery #monty #maybegays #bornonthisday
#OTD in 1946
‘General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, and General Omar Bradley at the National Airport, Washington, D.C., September 12, 1946.’
#DwightDEisenhower #BernardMontgomery #OmarBradley #blackandwhitephotography
#OTD in 1945
‘The Supreme Commanders of the Four Powers on June 5, 1945, in Berlin: Bernard Montgomery, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Georgy Zhukov and Jean de Lattre de Tassigny.’
#DwightDEisenhower #BernardMontgomery #GeorgyZhukov #JeandeLattredeTassigny #allies #WW2
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#OTD 1945
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‘Britain's Field Marshal #BernardMontgomery, right, reads over the surrender pact, while senior German officers, from left, Major Friedel, Rear Admiral Wagner & Admiral Hans-Georg Von Friedeburg, look on, in a tent at Montgomery's #1st Army Group headquarters, at ➡️
“Leadership is the capacity and will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.”
🇬🇧 WWI Officer and WWII Field Marshall #BernardMontgomery passed away #OTD 24 March 1976, aged 88. #Monty #History #Military