The English field marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1887-1976), was an outstanding commander and hero of the British people during World War II. Bernard Montgomery was born on Nov. 17, 1887. He went to St. Paul's...

THE FULL MONTY MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN 1887 - 1942 By Nigel Hamilton, L25.00, 902 pages, Men Lane, The Penguin Press, ISBN 0 713 993340 Readers of this weighty volume will have different views about it. Some may feel that so much has already...

During the first months of 1944, American service members appeared everywhere throughout England, especially in the south. Men and material were arriving in such volume that some commentators concluded that the isle could well sink as thousands of trucks, tanks, and aircraft poured...