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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Operation Goodwood | | | |  Operation Goodwood: Encyclopedia II - Operation Tonga - AftermathOperation Tonga had been a complete success, despite the scattered drop of the parachutists which denied them, at the very best, of 50% of their strength. The arrival of the 6th Airlanding Brigade and other units with the Second Lift, Operation Mallard, did much to consolidate the positions gained on the first night. Subsequent attempts by the 6th Airlanding Brigade to expand the bridgehead southwards by capturing the villages of Escoville and Longueval were unsuccessful, but in spite of frequent battles, the sout ...
See also:Operation Tonga, Operation Tonga - The Plan, Operation Tonga - The Battle, Operation Tonga - Operation Coup-de-Main, Operation Tonga - Reinforcing the Bridges, Operation Tonga - The Merville Battery, Operation Tonga - The River Dives Bridges, Operation Tonga - Defensive Positions, Operation Tonga - Aftermath Read more here: » Operation Tonga: Encyclopedia II - Operation Tonga - Aftermath |
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| | | | | Operation Goodwood: Encyclopedia II - Operation Neptune - Participants The Invasion Fleet was drawn from 8 different navies, comprising 6,939 vessels (1,213 warships, 4,126 transport vessels and 1,600 support vessels).
Among the US ships active in the landing, were the USS Augusta (CA-31), Charles Carroll, Plunkett, Amesbury, Murphy, Bayfield, Hobson and more, as well as ships of other Allied fleets. Also in this operation was Task Force "O" of the US Navy.
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See also:Operation Neptune, Operation Neptune - Participants, Operation Neptune - Operation Gambit, Operation Neptune - Naval screen, Operation Neptune - Definition Read more here: » Operation Neptune: Encyclopedia II - Operation Neptune - Participants |
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| | | | | | Operation Goodwood: Encyclopedia II - Operation Tonga - The Plan Operation Tonga had four main objectives.
1. To capture intact the two bridges running over the River Orne, near Ranville, and the Caen Canal, at Bénouville, both of which were connected to each other by the same road with a mere 500 yards between them.
2. The destruction of the Merville Battery, a heavily fortified gun emplacement, four miles to the north-east of Ranville. The Battery overlooked Sword Beach, and it was therefore seen as a considerable threat to the invasion as its four guns could account for thousands o ...
See also:Operation Tonga, Operation Tonga - The Plan, Operation Tonga - The Battle, Operation Tonga - Operation Coup-de-Main, Operation Tonga - Reinforcing the Bridges, Operation Tonga - The Merville Battery, Operation Tonga - The River Dives Bridges, Operation Tonga - Defensive Positions, Operation Tonga - Aftermath Read more here: » Operation Tonga: Encyclopedia II - Operation Tonga - The Plan |
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| | | | | Operation Goodwood: Encyclopedia II - Richard O'Connor - VIII Corps and Normandy On 21 January 1944 O'Connor became commander of VIII Corps. It consisted of the Guards and 11th Armoured Divisions, 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division along with 6 Guards Tank Brigade, 8 Group Royal Artillery and 2 Household Cavalry Regiment. A powerful force, but one still in need of much training and preparation for the upcoming Operation Overlord. O'Connor proved more than up to the task, and over the following months the Corps would conduct many training operations in Yorkshire, including ones involving the new mine-clearing flail tanks. ...
See also:Richard O'Connor, Richard O'Connor - Early life and the First World War, Richard O'Connor - Inter-War years, Richard O'Connor - The Italian Offensive and Operation Compass, Richard O'Connor - The tide turns and capture, Richard O'Connor - VIII Corps and Normandy, Richard O'Connor - Operation Market Garden India and afterwards Read more here: » Richard O'Connor: Encyclopedia II - Richard O'Connor - VIII Corps and Normandy |
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| | | | | Operation Goodwood: Encyclopedia II - Utah Beach - Success By the end of D-Day, some 20,000 troops had safely landed on the beach, along with 1,700 vehicles. Only about 200 casualties were recorded during the landings. Several factors contributed to the success at Utah vs. the bloody battle at nearby Omaha:
Fewer German fortifications: the defense of the area was largely based on flooding the coastal plain behind the beaches, and there were fewer bunkers.
Effective pre-invasion bombardment: many of the known large bunkers, such as the coastal battery near Saint-Martin-de-Varrev ...
See also:Utah Beach, Utah Beach - Plan of attack, Utah Beach - D-Day, Utah Beach - Success, Utah Beach - Famous names on the beach Read more here: » Utah Beach: Encyclopedia II - Utah Beach - Success |
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| | | | | Operation Goodwood: Encyclopedia II - History of the British Army - World War II 1939-1945
History of the British Army - Organisation.
By the time the British Empire, France and their allies declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939, two days after its invasion of Poland, the Army was still unprepared. For example, only a very small number of Matilda tanks (later to gain fame in North Africa) were in service when war broke out, and nearly 100,000 soldiers were based abroad, more than half of which were located in India and the East of Suez garrisons, such as Singapore. Others were based in the Medite ...
See also:History of the British Army, History of the British Army - Origins 1661-1774, History of the British Army - American Revolution Napoleonic Wars and the Long Peace 1774-1854, History of the British Army - Crimea Mutiny Colonial Wars & the Cardwell-Childers reforms 1854-1914, History of the British Army - Organisation, History of the British Army - Operations, History of the British Army - The Great War 1914-18, History of the British Army - Organisation, History of the British Army - Equipment, History of the British Army - Operations, History of the British Army - Inter-War Period 1919-1939, History of the British Army - World War II 1939-1945, History of the British Army - Organisation, History of the British Army - Operations, History of the British Army - End of Empire and Cold War 1945-1990, History of the British Army - Organisation, History of the British Army - Operations, History of the British Army - Age of Mobility 1990-present, History of the British Army - Organisation, History of the British Army - Operations, History of the British Army - Terminology, History of the British Army - Official rifle of the Army 1722-2005 Read more here: » History of the British Army: Encyclopedia II - History of the British Army - World War II 1939-1945 |
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| | | | | Operation Goodwood: Encyclopedia II - German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Hungary - Austria On 20 January 1945, Dietrich's 6.SS-Panzer-Armee was ordered east to Hungary where it was to take part in an offensive to recapture the Hungarian oilfields and open the way to Budapest, where 45,000 men of the IX.SS-Gebirgskorps had been encircled.
While the division was in transit, the IV.SS-Panzerkorps launched several ill-fated relief operations. The HJ, alongside the LSSAH as a part of I.SS-Panzerkorps arrived in Hungary in early February 1945, only a few days before the city fell. The division was thrown into action against the G ...
See also:German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Formation and Training, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Normandy Campaign, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Withdrawal - Wacht Am Rhein, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Hungary - Austria, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - War Crimes, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Commanders, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Order of Battle Read more here: » German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend: Encyclopedia II - German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Hungary - Austria |
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| | | | | Operation Goodwood: Encyclopedia II - German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Withdrawal - Wacht Am Rhein Hitlerjugend was given a brief respite, but received virtually no reinforcements or equipment. The division was soon thrown back into battle, and took part in the fighting withdrawal to the Franco-Belgian border. By September 1944, the division counted less than 2,000 men, without armour or heavy equipment. On 6 September, Kurt Meyer was captured by Belgian partisans. Meyer had removed his SS uniform and was wearing the uniform of a regular German army officer. In the confusion of the withdrawal, the division was unable to undertake a ...
See also:German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Formation and Training, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Normandy Campaign, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Withdrawal - Wacht Am Rhein, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Hungary - Austria, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - War Crimes, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Commanders, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Order of Battle Read more here: » German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend: Encyclopedia II - German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Withdrawal - Wacht Am Rhein |
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| | | | | Operation Goodwood: Encyclopedia II - German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Formation and Training The idea of a Waffen-SS division composed of Hitlerjugend (HJ) members was first tabled by SS-Gruppenführer Gottlob Berger in January 1943. Berger approached Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler with the proposition, and Himmler soon became an enthusiastic advocate.
The plan for a combat division made up of all HJ members born in 1926, was passed on to Adolf Hitler for his approval. Hitler was also enthusiastic about the idea, and on 10 February 1943, the official order for the creation of an HJ division was issued. Berger nominated himsel ...
See also:German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Formation and Training, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Normandy Campaign, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Withdrawal - Wacht Am Rhein, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Hungary - Austria, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - War Crimes, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Commanders, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Order of Battle Read more here: » German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend: Encyclopedia II - German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Formation and Training |
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| | | | | Operation Goodwood: Encyclopedia II - German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - War Crimes In all, over 100 Canadian soldiers were executed by their captors in the 12th SS "Hitlerjugend" Panzergrenadier Division. Their murders, and the consequent search for justice, is well documented in the book Conduct Unbecoming: The Story of the Murder of Canadian Prisoners of War in Normandy by Howard Margolian (ISBN 0802083609) (University of Toronto Press, 1998).
When the division was first engaged in action in June 1944, there were several cases of atrocities being committed. On June 8, thirty-six Canadians were executed by Wilhelm Mohnke's SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 26. Tha ...
See also:German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Formation and Training, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Normandy Campaign, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Withdrawal - Wacht Am Rhein, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Hungary - Austria, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - War Crimes, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Commanders, German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Order of Battle Read more here: » German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend: Encyclopedia II - German 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - War Crimes |
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| | | | | Operation Goodwood: Encyclopedia II - 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen - Western Front - Normandy Hohenstaufen suffered losses from Allied Jabos (fighter-bombers) during its move to Normandy, delaying its arrival until 26 June 1944. The original plan for Hohenstaufen to attack towards the Allied beachhead was made impossible by a British offensive to take Caen. The II. SS-Panzerkorps was instead put into the line to support the weakened forces defending Caen. Hohenstaufen was involved in ferocious fighting until early July, suffering 1,200 casualties. On 10 July, the divisi ...
See also:9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen, 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen - Formation / Eastern Front, 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen - Western Front - Normandy, 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen - Arnhem, 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen - Refitting and the Ardennes Offensive, 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen - Hungary - Operation Frühlingserwachen, 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen - Commanders, 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen - Order of Battle Read more here: » 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen: Encyclopedia II - 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen - Western Front - Normandy |
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| | | | | Operation Goodwood: Encyclopedia II - Battle of Normandy - The landings
Battle of Normandy - The French Resistance.
The BBC, in its French service from London, would regularly transmit hundreds of personal messages, masking the few of them that were really significant. A few days before D-Day, the commanding officers of the French Resistance heard the first line of Verlaine's poem, "Chanson d'Automne", "Les sanglots longs des violons de l'automne" (Long sobs of autumn violins) which meant that the "day" was imminent. When the second line "Blessent mon coeur d'une lan ...
See also:Battle of Normandy, Battle of Normandy - Prelude, Battle of Normandy - Allied preparations, Battle of Normandy - German preparations, Battle of Normandy - The Allied invasion plan, Battle of Normandy - German defenses, Battle of Normandy - The landings, Battle of Normandy - The French Resistance, Battle of Normandy - Airborne landings, Battle of Normandy - Sword Beach, Battle of Normandy - Juno Beach, Battle of Normandy - Gold Beach, Battle of Normandy - Omaha Beach, Battle of Normandy - Pointe du Hoc, Battle of Normandy - Utah Beach, Battle of Normandy - After the landings, Battle of Normandy - Chronology, Battle of Normandy - Political considerations, Battle of Normandy - Aftermath and strategic appraisal, Battle of Normandy - Notes, Battle of Normandy - Documentaries, Battle of Normandy - Dramatizations, Battle of Normandy - Sources, Battle of Normandy - Bibliography Read more here: » Battle of Normandy: Encyclopedia II - Battle of Normandy - The landings |
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| | | | | Operation Goodwood: Encyclopedia II - 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen - Arnhem Upon arriving in the Arnhem area, the division began the task of refitting. The majority of the remaining armoured vehicles were loaded onto trains in preparation for transport to repair depots in Germany. On Sunday, 17 September 1944, the Allies launched Operation Market-Garden, and the British 1st Airborne Division was dropped in Oosterbeek, to the west of Arnhem. Realising the threat, Bittrich (now commander of II. SS-Panzerkorps) ordered Hohenstaufen and Frundsberg to ready themselves for combat. The division's armour was u ...
See also:9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen, 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen - Formation / Eastern Front, 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen - Western Front - Normandy, 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen - Arnhem, 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen - Refitting and the Ardennes Offensive, 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen - Hungary - Operation Frühlingserwachen, 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen - Commanders, 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen - Order of Battle Read more here: » 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen: Encyclopedia II - 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen - Arnhem |
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| | | | | | | Operation Goodwood: Encyclopedia II - Battle of Normandy - After the landings Once the beachhead was established, two artificial Mulberry Harbours were towed across the English Channel in segments and made operational around D+3. One was constructed at Arromanches by British forces, the other at Omaha Beach by American forces. The Omaha harbour was destroyed in severe storms around D+13. Around 9,000 tons of material was landed daily at the Arromanches harbour until the end of August 1944, by which time the ports of Antwerp and Cherbourg had been s ...
See also:Battle of Normandy, Battle of Normandy - Prelude, Battle of Normandy - Allied preparations, Battle of Normandy - German preparations, Battle of Normandy - The Allied invasion plan, Battle of Normandy - German defenses, Battle of Normandy - The landings, Battle of Normandy - The French Resistance, Battle of Normandy - Airborne landings, Battle of Normandy - Sword Beach, Battle of Normandy - Juno Beach, Battle of Normandy - Gold Beach, Battle of Normandy - Omaha Beach, Battle of Normandy - Pointe du Hoc, Battle of Normandy - Utah Beach, Battle of Normandy - After the landings, Battle of Normandy - Chronology, Battle of Normandy - Political considerations, Battle of Normandy - Aftermath and strategic appraisal, Battle of Normandy - Notes, Battle of Normandy - Documentaries, Battle of Normandy - Dramatizations, Battle of Normandy - Sources, Battle of Normandy - Bibliography Read more here: » Battle of Normandy: Encyclopedia II - Battle of Normandy - After the landings |
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Battle of Normandy - The French Resistance.
The BBC in its French service from London would regularly transmit hundreds of personal messages. Only a few of them were really significant. A few days before D-Day, the commanding officers of the French Resistance heard the first line of Verlaine's poem, Chanson d'Automne, "Les sanglots longs des violons de l'automne" (Long sobs of autumn violins) which meant that the "day" was imminent. When the second line "Blessent mon coeur d'une langueur monotone ...
See also:Battle of Normandy, Battle of Normandy - Prelude, Battle of Normandy - Allied preparations, Battle of Normandy - German preparations, Battle of Normandy - The Allied invasion plan, Battle of Normandy - German defenses, Battle of Normandy - The landings, Battle of Normandy - The French Resistance, Battle of Normandy - Airborne landings, Battle of Normandy - Sword Beach, Battle of Normandy - Juno Beach, Battle of Normandy - Gold Beach, Battle of Normandy - Omaha Beach, Battle of Normandy - Pointe du Hoc, Battle of Normandy - Utah Beach, Battle of Normandy - After the landings, Battle of Normandy - Chronology, Battle of Normandy - Political considerations, Battle of Normandy - Aftermath and strategic appraisal, Battle of Normandy - Notes, Battle of Normandy - Documentaries, Battle of Normandy - Dramatizations, Battle of Normandy - Sources, Battle of Normandy - Bibliography Read more here: » Battle of Normandy: Encyclopedia II - Battle of Normandy - The landings |
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| | | | | Operation Goodwood: Encyclopedia II - Battle of Normandy - Political considerations The Normandy landings were long foreshadowed by a considerable amount of political maneuvering amongst the Allies. There was much disagreement about timing, appointments of command, and where exactly the landings were to take place. The opening of a second front had been long postponed and a particular source of strain between the Allies. Stalin had been pressing the Western Allies to launch a "second front" since 1942, but Churchill had argued for delay until victory could ...
See also:Battle of Normandy, Battle of Normandy - Prelude, Battle of Normandy - Allied preparations, Battle of Normandy - German preparations, Battle of Normandy - The Allied invasion plan, Battle of Normandy - German defenses, Battle of Normandy - The landings, Battle of Normandy - The French Resistance, Battle of Normandy - Airborne landings, Battle of Normandy - Sword Beach, Battle of Normandy - Juno Beach, Battle of Normandy - Gold Beach, Battle of Normandy - Omaha Beach, Battle of Normandy - Pointe du Hoc, Battle of Normandy - Utah Beach, Battle of Normandy - After the landings, Battle of Normandy - Chronology, Battle of Normandy - Political considerations, Battle of Normandy - Aftermath and strategic appraisal, Battle of Normandy - Notes, Battle of Normandy - Documentaries, Battle of Normandy - Dramatizations, Battle of Normandy - Sources, Battle of Normandy - Bibliography Read more here: » Battle of Normandy: Encyclopedia II - Battle of Normandy - Political considerations |
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| | | | | Operation Goodwood: Encyclopedia II - Battle of Normandy - Aftermath and strategic appraisal Although ultimately successful, the Normandy landings were extremely costly in terms of men, military supplies and equipment. The 3rd Division's failure to take Caen, an overly ambitious target, on the first day was to have serious repercussions on the conduct of the war for well over a month, seriously delaying any forward progress. The fortuitous capture of Villers-Bocage followed by the failure to reinforce it, and its subsequent recapture by the Germans, was again to hamper any attempt to extend the C ...
See also:Battle of Normandy, Battle of Normandy - Prelude, Battle of Normandy - Allied preparations, Battle of Normandy - German preparations, Battle of Normandy - The Allied invasion plan, Battle of Normandy - German defenses, Battle of Normandy - The landings, Battle of Normandy - The French Resistance, Battle of Normandy - Airborne landings, Battle of Normandy - Sword Beach, Battle of Normandy - Juno Beach, Battle of Normandy - Gold Beach, Battle of Normandy - Omaha Beach, Battle of Normandy - Pointe du Hoc, Battle of Normandy - Utah Beach, Battle of Normandy - After the landings, Battle of Normandy - Chronology, Battle of Normandy - Political considerations, Battle of Normandy - Aftermath and strategic appraisal, Battle of Normandy - Notes, Battle of Normandy - Documentaries, Battle of Normandy - Dramatizations, Battle of Normandy - Sources, Battle of Normandy - Bibliography Read more here: » Battle of Normandy: Encyclopedia II - Battle of Normandy - Aftermath and strategic appraisal |
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| | | | | Operation Goodwood: Encyclopedia II - Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - Later life and controversy After the war, Montgomery was created 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein in 1946. His reputation was tarnished over two decades after his death by evidence of racism with the 1999 revelation of previously secret papers from 1947-1948 when he held the position of Chief of the Imperial General Staff. During that period he was strictly enjoined to silence about his views, which were contrary to British policy, and agents were assigned to vet his public appearances for compliance.
Montgomery's memoirs were considered by some to be overly critical of ...
See also:Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - Early life and World War I service, Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - World War II, Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - North Africa and Italy, Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - Normandy, Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - Removal as Ground Forces Commander, Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - Later life and controversy, Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - Quotations Read more here: » Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein: Encyclopedia II - Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - Later life and controversy |
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| | | | | Operation Goodwood: Encyclopedia II - Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - Early life and World War I service Montgomery was born in London in 1887. After graduating from St Paul's School and the Royal Military College Sandhurst, he joined the 1st Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1908, first seeing service in India. The First World War began in August 1914 and he moved to France with his regiment that month. He saw service during the retreat from Mons and was severely wounded during the First Battle of Ypres on 13 October 1914 while taking part in an attack against the German-held village of Meteren. He was awarded the DSO for his actio ...
See also:Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - Early life and World War I service, Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - World War II, Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - North Africa and Italy, Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - Normandy, Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - Removal as Ground Forces Commander, Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - Later life and controversy, Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - Quotations Read more here: » Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein: Encyclopedia II - Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - Early life and World War I service |
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