In the annals of British history the name Montgomery is legend. During the Second World War Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery led the British Eighth Army against Rommel’s elite Panzers from August 1942 in the Western Desert until the final Allied victory against German invaders in Tunisia in May 1943. This command included the Second Battle of El Alamein, a turning point in the Western Desert Campaign.He subsequently commanded the British Eighth Army during the Allied invasion of Sicily and the Allied invasion of Italy to complete that country’s escape from Mussolini’s fascism. He was also in command of all Allied ground forces during Operation Overlord in 1944 which began the liberation of Europe from the grip of the monstrous German war machine. The fourth child of nine to a church minister father and ferociously strict mother, ‘Monty’ along with Winston Churchill, is synonymous with the defeat of Adolf Hitler. He rose to become 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC, DL. Like Churchill, he became a superhero.But hindsight is a wonderful thing. And Gordon Corrigan’s bold Montgomery: hero or villain? now asks the unthinkable: does that reputation stand the test of time?Montgomery: the man or the myth, hero or villain. Now you can choose...Praise for Gordon Corrigan…‘…[The Second World War: A Military History] will serve as an invaluable source of reference, but more to the point this book should be savoured for its trenchant opinions and its forceful and uncluttered prose.’ – The Daily Express‘Political, fluent, well-researched and extremely argumentative’ – Andrew Roberts. Gordon Corrigan is an ex-soldier and historical writer and broadcaster. He was educated at the Royal School, Armagh, and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He served in the British Army’s Royal Gurkha Rifles, mainly in the Far East, and reached the rank of major. On retirement from the army, Gordon became a freelance writer on military history. He also presented television documentaries, gave talks and conducted tours of World War I battlefields. He is an honorary research fellow of the University of Kent and the University of Birmingham, and a teaching fellow at the Joint Services Command and Staff College.