13th Corps
15th Army Group
15th Panzer Division
22nd Armoured Brigade
4th Indian Division
50th Royal Tank Regiment
5th Indian Brigade
8th Armoured Brigade
8th Armoured Division
90th Light Division
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Afrika Korps
Alam Halfa
Allied command dynamics
armoured warfare evolution
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Beda Fomm
British desert warfare analysis
British generals
British military leadership
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Cross-channel Attack
De Guingand
Egypt
Eighth Army
El Agheila
El Alamein
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General Auchinleck
Generalship
Mareth Line
Monty
Panzer Armee Afrika
Prime Minister
Rommel
Second World War history
Sidi Barrani
St Army
war hero mythmaking
Western Desert campaign
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781032045351
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Mar 2023
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book, first published in 1967, examines the foundations and the substance of the Montgomery Legend. His appearance upon the scene in the Western Desert coincided with a change in warfare as ‘ironmongery replaced generalship’, as General Fuller observed, and with Montgomery’s victories came a British need for a Champion for all to see. The public needed a Hero as Britain’s time on the ropes ended, and it was also politically necessary, lest Britain be swamped by the power of its allies.
