Monty At War: Rare Photographs of Field Marshal, Winston And Rommel The Dog Emerge
An archive of photos that capture Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery in more informal moments in the final months of the Second World War has been discovered.About 200 black and white snaps were either taken or amassed by the British army chief's assistant who was by his side as the Allies swept towards Germany. They include one of Winston Churchill sat next to 'Monty' stroking his pet spaniel dog, who he named Rommel after his famous German arch-rival general.
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MR Jean-Yves BAXTER needs to check his facts. Australian WW1 General Sir John Monash was the first general to be knighted on the battle field since Agincourt, Not Sir Miles Dempsey
Thanks for the information but this is an article by The Telegraph, not something by me.
You will see that Monty is relaxed in civvies, while Churchill is bedizened with full military uniform, a chest of medal ribbons etc. The one man proved his skills and military value over and over, the other was a disaster whenever he got his hands on any sort of campaign uncontrolled ( loss of much of R Naval Division, Dardanelles, in WW1, even some of the minor sideshows in WW2). Still, English people of any intelligence at the time were not taken in, as the 1945 Election proved. ,