The curious case of Monty being outfoxed by.......The Paddies!!!
Always find the quirky stories from our history fascinating even more so than the well known box office stuff
Absolute hero and legendary WW2 Major Montgomery is rightly renowned for his chess like tactics in his almost personal battle outwitting Rommel in the desert campaign
But I for one didnt know he had previously been outmaneuvered himself- by the Irish!!!
Absolute hero and legendary WW2 Major Montgomery is rightly renowned for his chess like tactics in his almost personal battle outwitting Rommel in the desert campaign
But I for one didnt know he had previously been outmaneuvered himself- by the Irish!!!
The story behind Monty's Macroom Castle standoff with the IRA
100 years ago, British army leader Bernard 'Monty' Montgomery was forced into an undignified retreat from the Cork town
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