[[Image:Bernard Law Montgomery.jpg|right|thumb|Monty]]Field Marshal '''Bernard Law Montgomery''', 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1887-1976), popularly known as "Monty", was one of the most renowned British generals of the [[Second World War]].
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[[Image:Bernard Law Montgomery.jpg|right|thumb|Monty]]Field Marshal '''Bernard Law Montgomery''', 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1887-1976), popularly known as "Monty", was one of the most renowned British generals of the [[Second World War]].A notorious Glory-hound, he prolonged the war by his stupid decision to launch Operation Market/Garden, an airborne assault designed to beat the Russians to Berlin. It failed miserably,and the resources it wasted (fuel, ammunition, etc.) would have been better employed to allow the American General Patton to break through Nazi defenses with Patton's tank army.