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Montgomery: “It will mean a lot if someone can say:” I fought at Arnhem. “

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In his caravan, Field Marshal Montgomery explains the situation at the front to British King George VI. (Photo: Imperial War Museum.)

After the retreat from Oosterbeek, General Roy Urquhart reported on the progress of the battle at Arnhem and Oosterbeek at the headquarters of Field Marshal Montgomery. The next morning, before leaving Montgomery headquarters, Urquhart saw Montgomery come out of his caravan. He waved a letter. “I wanted to give it to you,” he said to…

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Montgomery was the only one who thought Market Garden was “90 percent successful”

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Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery consults with British General Horrocks (left) and Prince Bernhard (right) in Belgium in early September 1944. (Photo: Imperial War Museum.)

Nowadays, the image of Montgomery has been adjusted considerably downwards, but in early September 1944, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery was at the height of his fame. Montgomery was the hero of El Alamein. He was the British commander who had driven the Germans out of Africa, and after D-Day he was the one to defeat…

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