Watching Monty: The Everyday Life of General Bernard Montgomery

Johnny Henderson spent four years as aide-de-camp to General Bernard Montgomery during the Second World War, writing about his experiences in Watching Monty. He provides insightful anecdotes and pen sketches of life with Monty and those he worked with, ranging from King George VI to Eisenhower. Henderson's observations of life at Tac HQ offer a unique contribution to our understanding of Monty's character and show a lighter side of the great man.

Format: Paperback / softback
Publication date: 16 May 2024
Publisher: The History Press Ltd

Johnny Henderson, a veteran of the Second World War, spent four years as aide-de-camp to General Bernard Montgomery, also known as "Monty." Shortly before his death in 2003, Henderson wrote about his experiences with Monty at Tac HQ in his book "Watching Monty." The book is a collection of insightful anecdotes and pen sketches that provide a fascinating and often humorous glimpse into life with Monty and those he worked with during the war years. The people Henderson encountered range from King George VI, Winston Churchill, and Sir Alan Brooke to Eisenhower and the German surrender delegation on Lüneburg Heath. Henderson draws on his own private photograph albums and the photographic collections of the Imperial War Museum to recount his time as Monty's ADC, from the Western Desert to Berlin. His pithy observations of life at Tac HQ offer a unique contribution to our understanding of what made Monty tick and reveal a less well-known but lighter side of the great man.

Weight: 462g
Dimension: 156 x 234 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781803996301
Edition number: New ed