Monty's Pledge

Montage of wartime photos of General Montgomery with an audio overlay of his wartime address to the 8th Army about knocking Rommel out of Africa.

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• WWII
• Monty
• Rommel
• Africa
• History

[s0784526]

no nonsense straight to the point Britain needs men like that

[LiamPreston]

A bo nonsense sort of bloke. The one you need.

[jonewer]

@7514328 Its a shame that Eisenhower was neither. Monty was the master of the set piece battle "an efficient little sh*t" in the words of one of his subordinate commanders, but in no way suited to fast moving pursuits. Ike should have know that and taken the appropriate measures. He played golf instead. Rommel, by the way, was the polar opposite. His formidable reputation gained only by recklessness against incompetent enemies.

[11nytram11]

@7514328 If Eisenhower noted that Montgomery needed a "strong immediate commander" then he singularly failed to provide it. While Montgomery like Eisenhower as a person and thought he was very good at political stuff he had absolutely no respect for Eisenhower as a soldier or General. He treated Eisenhower like a naughty school boy, not like a commander to be obeyed and respected. The only man Monty respected enought to obey without question was Field Marshal Alanbrooke.

[innit27]

he sounds like the guy in nuts in may

come here candice marie

monty got the 8th army when gott was killed by the luftwaffe

[7514328]

Eisenhower noted that Montgomery needed a "strong immediate commander" and that Montgomery "loved the limelight". Rommel was #1 General!!!!You can't dance with the "Desert Fox".

[coulthard79]

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I wish Rommel had equal supplies as much as Monty did in El-Alamein.Then would love to see what Monty could do.Patton said once to Rommel:"S.O.B I read your book" Rommel rules!

[creamofcardstv]

I like your video clip and have rated it as awesome. Please check out mine on some old trading cards of famous people: Field Marshal Montgomery, Lord Baden-Powell of the scout movement, Winston Churchill, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Chaplin, Yuri Gagarin, Walt Disney....

[CARLHILTER]

my heroes... the great Nick MONTGOMERY !