Bernard Montgomery

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British Army officer field marshal human military commander

Bernard Montgomery was a prominent British Army field marshal of World War II, best known for his leadership in key Allied victories such as the Battle of El Alamein.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer → field marshal → human → military commander →
allegiance	United Kingdom →
alsoKnownAs	Monty →
awardReceived	Croix de Guerre → Distinguished Service Order → Legion of Merit → Order of Merit → Order of the Bath → Order of the Garter → Order of the Netherlands Lion → Virtuti Militari →
birthDate	1887-11-17 →
birthPlace	Kennington, London, England →
burialPlace	Binsted, Hampshire, England →
child	David Montgomery →
conflict	World War I → World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
deathDate	1976-03-24 →
deathPlace	Alton, Hampshire, England →
educatedAt	Royal Military College, Sandhurst →
familyName	Montgomery →
fullName	Bernard Law Montgomery →
givenName	Bernard →
memberOf	House of Lords →
militaryBranch	British Army →
militaryUnit	Royal Warwickshire Regiment →
notableFor	command in Operation Market Garden → command in the Allied invasion of Italy → command in the Allied invasion of Sicily → command of 21st Army Group in Northwest Europe → commanding the British Eighth Army in North Africa → leadership in the Second Battle of El Alamein → planning and leadership role in Operation Overlord → role in the Normandy campaign →
positionHeld	Chief of the Imperial General Staff → Commander of 21st Army Group → Commander of the British Eighth Army → Deputy Supreme Commander of NATO forces in Europe →
rank	Field Marshal →
religion	Anglicanism →
spouse	Elizabeth Carver →
title	Viscount Montgomery of Alamein →
wrote	Montgomery of Alamein (autobiography) → The Memoirs of Field-Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein →

Referenced by (78)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
21st Army Group → Allied invasion of Sicily → Battle for Caen → Battle of Alam el Halfa → Battle of Kasserine Pass → Battle of Medenine → Battle of Salerno → Battle of the Bulge → Battle of the Falaise Pocket → Battle of the Reichswald → Battle of the Volturno Line → British Eighth Army → Crossing of the Rhine → D-Day → Eighth Army → Husky → Liberation of France → Liberation of the Netherlands → Operation Baytown → Operation Epsom ("Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery") → Operation Market Garden → Operation Overlord → Operation Overlord → Operation Plunder → Operation Slapstick → Operation Veritable ("Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery") → Western Allied invasion of Germany →	commander
21st Army Group → Allied operations in Western Europe → Coldstream Guards ("Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (as a former officer)") → Commander of 21st Army Group → Eighth Army → Eighth Army → Eighth Army (United Kingdom) → European Theater of Operations → Italian campaign → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force → Tunisian campaign →	notableCommander
Battle of El Alamein → Battle of the Mareth Line → Middle East theatre of World War II → North African campaign → Retreat from Normandy → Rhineland campaign →	commandedBy
Compagnon de la Libération ("General Bernard Montgomery") → Military Cross → Order of Victory →	notableRecipient
Bernard → Montgomery →	notableBearer
Commander of 21st Army Group ("Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein") → Field Marshal (British Army) ("Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein") →	notableHolder
Bernard Montgomery ("Viscount Montgomery of Alamein") → Monty ("1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein") →	title
El Alamein →	associatedWith
Montgomery of Alamein (autobiography) →	author
Binsted, Hampshire, England →	burialPlaceOf
David Montgomery ("Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein") →	father
Bernard Montgomery ("Bernard Law Montgomery") →	fullName
Monty ("Bernard Law Montgomery") →	givenName
Royal Military College, Sandhurst ("Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery") →	hasAlumni
Battle of El Alamein →	hasCommander
Binsted, Hampshire, England →	hasNotableBurial
Binsted, Hampshire, England →	hasNotableResident
Commander of 21st Army Group →	heldBy
Allied High Command →	keyMilitaryLeader
Montgomery of Alamein (autobiography) →	mainSubject
Crusade in Europe →	mentionsPerson
Montgomery of Alamein (autobiography) →	narrativeVoice
Monty ("Bernard Law Montgomery") →	nicknameOf
David Montgomery ("Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein") →	parent
Operation Plunder ("Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery") →	plannedBy
Montgomery of Alamein (autobiography) ("British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery") →	portrays
Bernard Montgomery ("Commander of the British Eighth Army") →	positionHeld
Berlin Declaration of 5 June 1945 →	signatoryRepresentative
Elizabeth Carver ("Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein") →	spouse
Montgomery of Alamein (autobiography) ("Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein") →	titleCharacter
Alan Brooke →	workedWith
Montgomery of Alamein (autobiography) ("Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein") →	workOf