HOW THE WAR WAS WON – 2002 DVD Top-quality Free UK shipping

BERNARD MONTGOMERY His battlefield strategies confounded Rommel and made him an international hero. Bernard Law Montgomery served in the trenches of WWI, where he was horrified to see enlisted men routinely sent to their death by incompetent, uncaring officers. Throughout his career, “Monty” championed the common soldier, vowing never to waste what he considered the most valuable asset of any army. His compassion and skill came together in some of WWII’s most important engagements from the Battle of El Alamein to the D-Day invasion. Dramatic action footage shows how Montgomery transformed the desert armies into well-organised fighting machines that ultimately turned the tide of the war while, friends, family and men who fought alongside “Monty” reveal the man beneath the uniform