“LEADERSHIP IS BASED ON TRUTH AND CHARACTER. A LEADER MUST HIMSELF BE THE SERVANT OF TRUTH, AND HE MUST MAKE THAT TRUTH THE FOCUS OF A COMMON PURPOSE.” NATO
Bernard Law Montgomery: Unbeatable and unbearable all text photos, copyright
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery was one of the most prominent and successful British commanders of the Second World War (1939-45). Known as ‘Monty’, he notably commanded the Allies against General Erwin Rommel in North Africa, and in the invasions of Italy and Normandy.
Early career
Bernard Law Montgomery
Early in the First World War (1914-18), he was shot through the lung by a sniper during the First Battle of Ypres (1914). His wound was so severe that a grave was prepared for him. However, he went on to make a full recovery.
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In this Tuesday, December 15, 2020 photo, 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers and historian John Aarsen, second from left, read through post cards sent by the town of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France. Over 500 notes were penned for U.S. soldiers after their trip commemorating the anniversary of D-Day was cancelled amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Sarah Blake Morgan) (AP Photo/Sarah Blake Morgan)
FORT BRAGG, N.C. Lt. Col. Michael Burns didn’t know exactly what was inside the small brown box that arrived on his Fayetteville, North Carolina, doorstep but the return address in the left corner let him know he couldn’t open it right away.
Lt. Col. Michael Burns didn't know exactly what was inside the small brown box that arrived on his Fayetteville, North Carolina, doorstep but the return address in the left corner let him know he couldn't open it right away.
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) Lt. Col. Michael Burns didn’t know exactly what was inside the small brown box that arrived on his Fayetteville, North Carolina, doorstep but the return address in the left corner let him know he couldn’t open it right away. The package had made the long journey from Sainte-Mere-Eglise, the first French village to be liberated from Nazi occupation by the U.S. Army's storied 82nd Airborne Division on June 6, 1944. Every year since, division paratroopers travel to Normandy to commemorate the anniversary of D-Day, a trip that was canceled this year amid the coronavirus