Ebook: The men behind Monty: the staff and HQs of Eighth Army and 21st Army Group

The Men Behind Monty examines the role played by the personal staff in the victorious campaigns of Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, Britain's most successful field commander since the Duke of Wellington. When Monty took command of Eighth Army in August 1942, he inherited the staff of his predecessor. He retained all the key members and most of them stayed with him not only from El Alamein to Tunis, but also in Sicily and Italy. When he took command of 21st Army Group in January 1944, many accompanied him to take up the most prominent positions on the HQ staff and the majority remained until the German surrender in May 1945."--Book jacket.;Foreword / Viscount Montgomery of Alamein -- Introduction -- 1. Prelude in the desert -- 2. Eighth Army enters the field -- 3. Auchinleck takes control -- 4. Freddie -- 5. The making of Monty -- 6. Monty the general -- 7. The new broom -- 8. Alam Halfa and after -- 9. Intelligence and deception -- 10. Lightfoot and Supercharge -- 11. The pursuit -- 12. The end in Africa -- 13. Husky -- 14. To the Sangro -- 15. Prelude to Overlord -- 16. The Monty men take charge -- 17. G, Q & A -- 18. Preparing for D-Day -- 19. tac goes to war -- 20. The hinge -- 21. The phase lines -- 22. The great leap forward -- 23. Arnhem and Antwerp -- 24. The Bulge -- 25. The Rhine -- 26. Triumph and tragedy -- 27. Post war -- 28. Reflections.;Appendix I: Monty's address to the officers of H.Q. Eighth Army on taking over command -- Appendix II: 21st Army Group: organisation of G staff & advisers -- Appendix III: 21st Army Group: organisation of Q staff -- Appendix IV: 21st Army Group: organisation of A staff -- Appendix V: Officesr of TAC HQ 21st Army Group.