Who was the British general at El Alamein?

Answer 1

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Bernard Montgomery, known as 'Monty'

Phil

AnswerThere were two battles of El Alamein, three if you include Alam Halfa, and they were commanded by two different generals.

The first battle of El Alamein was commanded by General Sir Claude Aukinlech. The Auk was a very good soldier and was respected by his troops for his no-nonesese, no-thrills lifestyle during campaign but he was dreadfull at picking good subordinates and when he took command in the field himself his plans were complicated and confusing and lead to people not understanding what they were supposed to be doing. He stopped Rommel at the El Alamein line but by then Chuchill had lost all confidence in him and he was replaced as Theater Commander by Harold Alexander and as Army commander by Bernard Montgomery.

General Bernard Law Montgomery (later Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery - 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein) commanded the 8th Army at the battle of Alam Halfa and the second battle of El Alamein. Monty was the most professional soldier in the British Army and had clear and precise ideas and theories on how and army should be run and how the soldiers should be treated and how campaigns should be fought. Simplicity was the key in orders, playing to the strengths of his own side was another and morale building and maintaining was essential. What annoyed people about Bernard Montgomery was his clarity of thought and uncompromising nature and, even more, his occaisonal tactlessness. He stopped Rommel's last attack in the desert at Alam Halfa, decisively defeated Rommel again at Second El Alamein and successfully crossed the desert to beat Rommel once more at Medinine and then beat the Afrika Korp, without Rommel, once again at the Mareth Line. In doing this Montgomery became the single most successful Desert Commander of World War 2.

Answer 2

Bernard Montgomery