Field Marshal Montgomery
The dark finale of the second world war
Max Hastings’s kaleidoscopic history oscillates from the vast, strategic canvas to individual acts of treachery and heroism in the closing months of the conflict
Insufferable martinet or inspirational hero? Field Marshal Montgomery was both
An abusive childhood may help explain the contradictory character of Britain’s great second world war commander, says Gary Mead
Ten days in May
‘If the war is lost, then it is of no concern to me if the people perish in it.’ Bruno…
