Richard Mead tells all about The Men Behind Monty
Posted on Tuesday 12th April 2016




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The Men Behind Monty
(Hardback - 290 pages)
ISBN: 9781473827165
by Richard Mead
Only £25.00
The Men Behind Monty examines the role played by the staff in the victorious campaigns of Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, Britain's most successful field commander since the Duke of Wellington.
When Monty took command of Eighth Army in August 1942, he inherited the staff of his predecessor. He retained all the key members and most of them stayed with him not only from El Alamein to Tunis, but also in Sicily and Italy. When he took command of 21st Army Group in January 1944, many accompanied him…
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