Montgomery As Military Commander (Military Commanders)

591 Pages·1998·1.49 MB·English

by  Ronald Lewin

Montgomery As Military Commander
title:
Military Commanders Series
author: Lewin, Ronald.
publisher: Combined Publishing
isbn10 | asin: 0938289179
print isbn13: 9780938289173
ebook isbn13: 9780585193861
language: English
Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law
Montgomery,--Viscount,--1887-1976, Great
subject
Britain--Army--Biography, Generals--Great
Britain--Biography.
publication date: 1998
lcc: DA69.3.M56L4 1972eb
ddc: 940.54
Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law
Montgomery,--Viscount,--1887-1976, Great
subject:
Britain--Army--Biography, Generals--Great
Britain--Biography.
Page iii
Montgomery
As Military Commander
Page iv
Other volumes in the Military Commander series
MACARTHUR
Gavin Long
PATTON
H. Essame
STALIN
Albert Seaton
EISENHOWER
E.K.G. Sixsmith
Page v
Montgomery
As Military Commander
Ronald Lewin
The outstanding commander must not only be a robust man and a
scientist in his profession, but must also be an artist in this deadly
work.
It is about as easy to criticize such a man's output as it is to criticize
the
canvases of the great graphic artist.
Lieut.-Gen. Sir Francis Tuker: Approach to Battle
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Copyright© Ronald Lewin, 1971
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Page vii
For
a great master-at-arms
Basil Liddell Hart '
the captain who taught generals'
Page ix
Contents
List of Maps x
Acknowledgments xi
Foreword xiii
I 1
The Standing Civil War
II 25
Dunkirk to Cairo
III 47
Alam Halfa: The Model Battle
IV 63
Alamein
V 93
To the African shores
VI 112
Forward to Tripoli
VII 121
Mareth and the Mountains
VIII 143
Sicily to the sangro
IX 167
Overlord: the master plan
X 192
Normandy: mastery achieved
XI 209
Normandy: the coup de grâce
XII 229
From the Seine to the Rhine
XIII 249
Germany without Berlin
XIV 262
'The most over-rated general'?
Appendix 276
Bibliography 277
Index 280
Page x
Maps
Blitzkreig, 1940 24
Alam el Halfa 48
Second Alamein 64
The Pursuit 92
Medenine 120
The Mareth Line 127
Southern Italy 144
German Dispositions 187
The 'Goodwood' Offensive 214
'Market Garden' 236
The Antwerp Approaches 241
The Battle of the Rhineland 245
The Rhine Crossing 248
The End in Europe 256