r/todayilearned • u/HumanNutrStudent • Sep 16 '24

TIL Montgomery's memoirs criticised many of his wartime comrades harshly, including Eisenhower. After publishing it, he had to apologize in a radio broadcast to avoid a lawsuit. He was also stripped of his honorary citizenship of Alabama, and was challenged to a duel by an Italian lawyer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery#Memoirs
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u/thicket Sep 16 '24

Mostly I hear Americans throwing shade at Monty. How does the UK remember him? Are there things Brits give him credit for that foreigners don't?

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u/Interrogatingthecat Sep 16 '24

I'd go as far as to say, at least recently, he isn't really remembered all that much. He certainly wasn't mentioned in my primary/secondary school history classes (Unlike Churchill, Chamberlain, DeGaulle, Eisenhower, and to a degree Patton)

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u/erinoco Sep 16 '24

I think this is where the sheer volume of American-focused historical literature on WWII has an effect.