Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1887-1976) was a British field marshal.
Short biography:
In Augus 1942 he took command of the 8th Army in North Africa, then barring the German advance on Cairo; the victory of El Alamein in October turned the tide in North Africa and was followed by the expulsion of Field Marshal Rommel from Egypt and rapid Allied advance into Tunisia.
Montgomery commanded the Allied armies during the opening phase of the invasion of France in June 1944, and from August the British and imperial troops that liberated the Netherlands, overran North Germany, and entered Denmark.
At his 21st Army Group headquarters on Luneberg Heath, he received the German surrender on 3 May 1945.
Why is Bernard Montgomery famous?
Bernard Montgomery was commander of the 8th Army in North Africa during War World II.
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