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4 days ago · Battles of El-Alamein, linked battles in World War II, fought from July 1–27 and October 23—November 11, 1942, pitting German and Italian against British, Australian, New Zealander, South African, and Indian forces in coastal central Egypt and resulting in a pivotal Allied victory.
- Adrian Gilbert
5 days ago · Montgomery’s Battle of el-Alamein and Rommel’s retreat, 1942–43. in World War II in The Allies’ first decisive successes. Also known as: Second World War, WWII. Written by. Thomas A. Hughes.
3 days ago · Bernard Montgomery. (1887 – 1976) British military commander of World War II, victor of El Alamein. I had the greatest admiration for his precision of statement and lucidity as a lecturer and also for what I, as an airman, considered his ability and breadth of view as a soldier.
4 days ago · Sir Baptist Hicks. Created Viscount Campden, ancestor of the Earl of Gainsborough. He built Hicks Hall (the Session House for the Middlesex Magistrates). His brother, Sir Michael Hicks, was ancestor of Viscount St. Aldwyn. His second daughter was grandmother of the first Earl of Essex of the present line. 1611. Brian Ianson.
5 days ago · List of knights and dames grand cross of the Order of the Bath. This is an incomplete list of those who were made knights and dames grand cross of the Order of the Bath from the date of the Order's structural change by the Prince Regent on behalf of his father, King George III, on 2 January 1815.
4 days ago · Eisenhower, Dwight David, 1890-1969, US President, General, 17 results 17; Montgomery, Bernard Law, 1887-1976, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein and Hindhead, Field Marshal, 17 results 17; German Army, 17 results 17
2 days ago · After her divorce from Simon, she married David Montgomery (pictured with Sophie above) in 1997, a former Fleet Street editor who has transformed himself into a press baron of European...
