Montgomery: Unbeatable, Unbearable
Tuesday 6 October
Castle Hill Baptist Church
7.30pm
Known to all simply as ‘Monty’, perhaps Bernard Law Montgomery’s greatest achievement was to give the British Army self-belief after Dunkirk, ensuring that his troops were inspired to embark on the long struggle to defeat Nazi Germany.
Montgomery secured famous wins in North Africa, most notably at El-Alamein, then led his troops into Europe with the invasion of Italy. He commanded the 1944 D-Day landings ... but his strategy for the Battle of Arnhem was to prove a costly failure.
No other general was held in such affection by the ordinary ranks and by the public – or was so hated by his peers. Fifty years after his death, Montgomery remains a highly controversial figure.
Gary Mead will be in conversation with John Jefferies, Senior Tutor and Head of Politics at Warwick School.