EL Alamein to the River Sangro

Montgomery was, according to his biographers Nigel Hamilton and Ronald Lewin, an outstanding Allied battlefield commander of WW II and the greatest British military commander since Wellington. Montgomery's military career is traced from the searing yet humanizing experience in Flanders as a young officer during the First world War, through the long period of rethinking and re-training between the wars to the climaxes at Alam Halfa, EI Alamein, the planning of the Normandy landing and the subsequent campaign in Europe. He was a dedicated professional soldier with a uniquely fine ability to reduce complex military problems to essentials, which is why a study of his campaigns and his life is intrinsic to the study of military history.