r/BeAmazed • u/HallowedAndHarrowed • 13h ago

History WW2 British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery could be abrasive, but had a caring side. He married a widow whose husband had died in WW1 and treated her sons as his own, after she died also. He is pictured with step-son Richard, who thrilled Montgomery, by escaping from a POW camp.

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u/Jackdaw68 11h ago

The true story of his step sons capture in North Africa, internment in an Italian POW camp and his journey through occupied Italy on foot (after Italy switched sides), to meet back up with the British forces is told brilliantly in the book ‘Where the hell have you been’ written by Monty’s step grandson, Tom Carver.

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u/Deffiant 11h ago

I recently finished his book and was quite the journey as you could imagine