Now Montgomery, nicknamed “Monty” and “Rommel”, has been defeated in a power struggle with his largest shareholder, who is poised to take control of the company in a £62m deal.

His name resonates with images of decisive victories and unwavering resolve, forever etched in the annals of wartime w.

British General Montgomery spent months building up an overwhelming advantage in men and armour, before launching his attacks against Field Marshal Rommel's German and Italian troops. Follow the ...

The war in the desert made Bernard Montgomery one of Britain's most famous generals, and gave the German General Erwin Rommel the nickname 'Desert Fox'. Follow the three years of battles in the ...

Once again the fox was in flight. For three weeks, while General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery cautiously poked at him, Erwin Rommel had crouched in the bottleneck of El Aghéila, holed up.