A Field-marshal in the Family

A Field-marshal in the Family

Author: Brian Montgomery

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Published: 1973-01

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780094595606

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Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein has attracted the attention of historians over the last 70 years but, despite this coverage, views of his character remain controversial and contradictory. His younger brother Brian enters the fray with this revealing book examining the background of this legendary military commander.


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Download or read book A Field-marshal in the Family written by Brian Montgomery and published by . This book was released on 1973-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein has attracted the attention of historians over the last 70 years but, despite this coverage, views of his character remain controversial and contradictory. His younger brother Brian enters the fray with this revealing book examining the background of this legendary military commander.


A Field Marshal in the Family

A Field Marshal in the Family

Author: Brian Montgomery

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2010-11-22

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 1848844255

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Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein has attracted the attention of countless historians over the last 70 years but, despite this coverage, views of his character remain controversial and contradictory. His younger brother Brian, himself a successful soldier, enters the fray with this charming and revealing book examining the background of this legendary military commander. He provides a fascinating account of the influences of Monty’s family genes together with a wealth of unknown details about his career. His grandfather, Sir Robert Montgomery, played a key role in crushing the Indian Mutiny and his adventures have intriguing parallels with those of Monty’s two generations later. Dean Farrar, his maternal grandfather, was a powerful Victorian educational and religious figure (Headmaster of Marlborough College and Dean of Canterbury) and author of the iconic Eric, or Little by Little. The author examines in the most entertaining and frank manner Monty’s idiosyncratic character traits; his opposition to tradition, his Nelsonian approach to rules and regulations, his ruthlessness and determination and his unfashionable views on the absolute necessity for self publicity – and the most intensive training to get the maximum from his subordinates, down to the most junior levels.


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Download or read book A Field Marshal in the Family written by Brian Montgomery and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2010-11-22 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein has attracted the attention of countless historians over the last 70 years but, despite this coverage, views of his character remain controversial and contradictory. His younger brother Brian, himself a successful soldier, enters the fray with this charming and revealing book examining the background of this legendary military commander. He provides a fascinating account of the influences of Monty’s family genes together with a wealth of unknown details about his career. His grandfather, Sir Robert Montgomery, played a key role in crushing the Indian Mutiny and his adventures have intriguing parallels with those of Monty’s two generations later. Dean Farrar, his maternal grandfather, was a powerful Victorian educational and religious figure (Headmaster of Marlborough College and Dean of Canterbury) and author of the iconic Eric, or Little by Little. The author examines in the most entertaining and frank manner Monty’s idiosyncratic character traits; his opposition to tradition, his Nelsonian approach to rules and regulations, his ruthlessness and determination and his unfashionable views on the absolute necessity for self publicity – and the most intensive training to get the maximum from his subordinates, down to the most junior levels.


A Field-marshal in the Family

A Field-marshal in the Family

Author: Brian Montgomery

Publisher:

Published: 1974

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780800826352

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War Diaries 1939 1945

War Diaries 1939 1945

Author: Alan Brooke Alanbrooke (Viscount)

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2003-06

Total Pages: 830

ISBN-13: 9780520239029

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The first complete and unexpurgated publication of the diaries of Lord Alanbrooke, who during World War II was Chief of the Imperial General Staff of the British Empire and Churchill's most prominent advisor -- and rival.


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Download or read book War Diaries 1939 1945 written by Alan Brooke Alanbrooke (Viscount) and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003-06 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first complete and unexpurgated publication of the diaries of Lord Alanbrooke, who during World War II was Chief of the Imperial General Staff of the British Empire and Churchill's most prominent advisor -- and rival.


Alan Brooke—Churchill's Right-Hand Critic

Alan Brooke—Churchill's Right-Hand Critic

Author: Andrew Sangster

Publisher: Casemate

Published: 2021-04-05

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1612009697

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This new biography of Churchill’s top WWII advisor is “an excellent book for anyone interested in military leadership” (The NYMAS Review). Voted the greatest Briton of the twentieth century, Winston Churchill has long been credited with almost single-handedly leading his country to victory in World War II. But without Alan Brooke, a skilled tactician, at his side the outcome might well have been disastrous. Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, more often than not served as a brake on some of Churchill’s more impetuous ideas. However, while Brooke’s diaries reveal his fury with some of Churchill’s decisions, they also reveal his respect and admiration for the wartime prime minister. In return Churchill must surely have considered Brooke one of his most difficult subordinates—but later wrote that he was “fearless, formidable, articulate, and in the end convincing.” As CIGS, Brooke was integral to coordination between the Allied forces, and so had to wrestle with the cultural strategy clash between the British and Americans. Comments in his diaries offer up his opinions of both his British and American military colleagues—his negative assessments of Mountbatten’s ability, and acerbic comments on the difficult character of de Gaulle and the weaknesses of Eisenhower. Conversely, he was clearly overindulgent in the face of Montgomery’s foibles. Brooke was often seen as a stern and humorless figure, but a study of his private life reveals a little-seen lighter side, a lifelong passion for birdwatching, and abiding love for his family. The two tragedies that befell his immediate family were a critical influence on his life. Andrew Sangster completes this new biography with a survey of the way various historians have assessed Brooke, explaining how he has lapsed into seeming obscurity in the years since his crucial part in the Allied victory in World War II.


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Download or read book Alan Brooke—Churchill's Right-Hand Critic written by Andrew Sangster and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2021-04-05 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new biography of Churchill’s top WWII advisor is “an excellent book for anyone interested in military leadership” (The NYMAS Review). Voted the greatest Briton of the twentieth century, Winston Churchill has long been credited with almost single-handedly leading his country to victory in World War II. But without Alan Brooke, a skilled tactician, at his side the outcome might well have been disastrous. Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, more often than not served as a brake on some of Churchill’s more impetuous ideas. However, while Brooke’s diaries reveal his fury with some of Churchill’s decisions, they also reveal his respect and admiration for the wartime prime minister. In return Churchill must surely have considered Brooke one of his most difficult subordinates—but later wrote that he was “fearless, formidable, articulate, and in the end convincing.” As CIGS, Brooke was integral to coordination between the Allied forces, and so had to wrestle with the cultural strategy clash between the British and Americans. Comments in his diaries offer up his opinions of both his British and American military colleagues—his negative assessments of Mountbatten’s ability, and acerbic comments on the difficult character of de Gaulle and the weaknesses of Eisenhower. Conversely, he was clearly overindulgent in the face of Montgomery’s foibles. Brooke was often seen as a stern and humorless figure, but a study of his private life reveals a little-seen lighter side, a lifelong passion for birdwatching, and abiding love for his family. The two tragedies that befell his immediate family were a critical influence on his life. Andrew Sangster completes this new biography with a survey of the way various historians have assessed Brooke, explaining how he has lapsed into seeming obscurity in the years since his crucial part in the Allied victory in World War II.


Monty, a Life in Photographs

Monty, a Life in Photographs

Author: Brian Montgomery

Publisher:

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13:

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A FIELD-MARSHALL IN THE FAMILY;A PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY..

A FIELD-MARSHALL IN THE FAMILY;A PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY..

Author: Brian Montgomery

Publisher:

Published: 1973

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13:

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Memoirs and correspondence of field-marshal viscount Combermere, from his family papers, by Mary viscountess Combermere and W.W. Knollys

Memoirs and correspondence of field-marshal viscount Combermere, from his family papers, by Mary viscountess Combermere and W.W. Knollys

Author: Mary Woolley Stapleton Cotton (viscountess Combermere.)

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Published: 1866

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13:

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Download or read book Memoirs and correspondence of field-marshal viscount Combermere, from his family papers, by Mary viscountess Combermere and W.W. Knollys written by Mary Woolley Stapleton Cotton (viscountess Combermere.) and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:


Memoirs and Correspondence of Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere, G. C. B., Etc., from His Family Papers

Memoirs and Correspondence of Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere, G. C. B., Etc., from His Family Papers

Author: Viscountess Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton Combermere

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Published: 1866

Total Pages: 432

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Download or read book Memoirs and Correspondence of Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere, G. C. B., Etc., from His Family Papers written by Viscountess Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton Combermere and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:


GENERAL FIELD MARSHAL ERWIN ROMMEL

GENERAL FIELD MARSHAL ERWIN ROMMEL

Author: Tony Patel and John Stretton Weeks

Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd

Published: 2019-09-24

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1838590366

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General Erwin Rommel’s death and cremation is recorded as taking place in Germany. This book is about his death and burial actually happening in the British Protectorate of Nyasa land which is now called Malawi. It was to here Rommel escaped in October 1944 from Germany using the pseudonym of Meyer. In Africa Rommel left behind a secret family first in South Africa and then in Malawi. Evidence presented in this book has now connected the outstanding similarity of seven different events recorded over an 18 year period. They include evidence given by reliable different sources and still living family members. The most credible and compelling interview included is with a British Barrister-at-Law. Proposals for the ultimate scientific evidence of Erwin Rommel’s final resting place are presented in the book’s conclusion.


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Download or read book GENERAL FIELD MARSHAL ERWIN ROMMEL written by Tony Patel and John Stretton Weeks and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General Erwin Rommel’s death and cremation is recorded as taking place in Germany. This book is about his death and burial actually happening in the British Protectorate of Nyasa land which is now called Malawi. It was to here Rommel escaped in October 1944 from Germany using the pseudonym of Meyer. In Africa Rommel left behind a secret family first in South Africa and then in Malawi. Evidence presented in this book has now connected the outstanding similarity of seven different events recorded over an 18 year period. They include evidence given by reliable different sources and still living family members. The most credible and compelling interview included is with a British Barrister-at-Law. Proposals for the ultimate scientific evidence of Erwin Rommel’s final resting place are presented in the book’s conclusion.