Bernard Law Montgomery
Bernard Law Montgomery
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC, nicknamed "Monty" and the "Spartan General", was a senior British Army officer who fought in both the First World War and the Second World War...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionSoldier
Date of Birth17 November 1887
marine knights endurance
A Marine should be sworn to the patient endurance of hardships, like the ancient knights; and it is not the least of these necessary hardships to have to serve with sailors.
air pieces splits
Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset - its flexibility.
wells beaten
I was well beaten myself, and I am better for it.
war air ifs
If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and lose it quickly.
war fighting men
Let no man surrender so long as he is unwounded and can fight.
war military fighting
The harder the fighting and the longer the war, the more the infantry, and in fact all the arms, lean on the gunners.
enemy profession
Im my profession you have to mystify the enemy.
lying pride blow
To us is given the honor of striking a blow for freedom which will live in history and in the better days that lie ahead men will speak with pride of our doings.
decision quality chiefs
Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.
soldier revolution authority
There is such an equality among them that the officers have no authority. The privates are all generals, but not soldiers.
country war book
Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: “Do not march on Moscow”. Various people have tried it, Napoleon and Hitler, and it is no good. That is the first rule. I do not know whether your Lordships will know Rule 2 of war. It is: “Do not go fighting with your land armies in China”. It is a vast country, with no clearly defined objectives.
war book army
Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: 'Do not march on Moscow'... Rule 2 is: Do not go fighting with your land armies in China.
military fighting swings
The commander must decide how he will fight the battle before it begins. He must then decide who he will use the military effort at his disposal to force the battle to swing the way he wishes it to go; he must make the enemy dance to his tune from the beginning and not vice versa.
military men leader
Why does soldiers leave the protection of his trench hole in the ground and go forward in the face of shot and shell? It is because of the leader who is in front of him and his comrades who are around him. Comradeship makes a man feel warm and courageous when all his instincts tend to make him cold and afraid.