***This site is under construction. Please bear with me as I improve it and add more content. IF YOU HAVE AN ITEM RELATED TO FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY, PLEASE SEND AN IMAGE OF IT TO ME AS I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT. For a complete catalogue of all Montgomery's Personal Messages, please see the "catalog" pdf in the "About Monty's Personal Messages" section. Site last updated June 06, 2020 ***
"...Before launching my troops into battle it has always been my custom to issue them a Personal Message. This is intended to define the common objective and thereby foster unity of purpose...The messages to the Eighth Army trace the journey of that great fighting force from Alamein to the halfway up Italy. Those issued to 21 Army Group trace the course of the campaign in North-West Europe from D-Day, 6 June 1944, when the Allied Force assaulted over the beaches of Normandy, to its arrival on the shores of the Baltic in May 1945. I like to think that these messages did much to foster the spirit and the will-to-win that made our forces such a great and happy family: and so formidable in battle..."
--Montgomery of Alamein, Field-Marshal
"...Before launching my troops into battle it has always been my custom to issue them a Personal Message. This is intended to define the common objective and thereby foster unity of purpose...The messages to the Eighth Army trace the journey of that great fighting force from Alamein to the halfway up Italy. Those issued to 21 Army Group trace the course of the campaign in North-West Europe from D-Day, 6 June 1944, when the Allied Force assaulted over the beaches of Normandy, to its arrival on the shores of the Baltic in May 1945. I like to think that these messages did much to foster the spirit and the will-to-win that made our forces such a great and happy family: and so formidable in battle..."
--Montgomery of Alamein, Field-Marshal
