Montgomery's Top 3 Legendary Tactical Moves | Turned the Desert War Around

In the summer of 1942, Britain was losing the war in the desert. Tobruk had fallen with 33,000 men taken prisoner, Rommel’s Afrika Korps stood barely 70 miles from Alexandria, and the British Eighth Army was beaten and bewildered. Into that disaster, Churchill sent his second choice, Bernard Montgomery. In less than three months, Monty broke Rommel’s last offensive in Egypt, fooled him with an army made of wood and canvas, and won the battle that made Britain ring its church bells in victory. In this video, we break down Montgomery’s three greatest tactical moves of the Second World War: the trap at Alam Halfa Ridge, the deception of Operation Bertram, and the crumbling battle and Operation Supercharge breakout that shattered Rommel’s army at El Alamein. Follow every move on a live battle map and see how one general turned the desert war around.