A HISTORY OF WARFARE

A HISTORY OF WARFARE by MONTGOMERY, Field-Marshall

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Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC; 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 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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A HISTORY OF WARFARE
by MONTGOMERY, Field-Marshall, Viscount of Alamein
Condition: Very Good in Plastic/Very Good
Dj has closed tears 75 and 70mm which were closed with sellotape leaving stains on the verso not showing thru’ to the recto; now closed with non-staining “Magic” tape; head and 4 cnrs scuffed. Book is slightly spotted by insects on top and lower edges, now re-coloured; one cnr bumped. Book has illus eps; a lengthy gift inscription to their Commandant, B G Simpkins from the non-coms of the Rand Light Infantry, who served under Monty in North Africa. 584pp incl Bibliography, Acknowledgements and Index; 26 single pages of col plates and 3 quadruple pages. 50 battle plans in text plus 3 double p maps. A very comprehensive work, spattered with Montgomery’s insights on battles past and future. Please expect extra postage.
Bookseller: BOOKLOVERS PARADISE ZA (ZA)
Bookseller Inventory #: 007598
Title: A HISTORY OF WARFARE
Author: MONTGOMERY, Field-Marshall, Viscount of Alamein
Format/binding: Hard Cover Maroon Cloth
Book condition: Used – Very Good in Plastic
Jacket condition: Very Good
Quantity available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Collins,
Place: London.
Date published: 1968
Keywords: War, History,
Bookseller catalogs: War;
Size: 254x47p45mm

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