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A Blog on Winston Churchill

One wonders how different the relationship with our allies would have been in Gott and not Montgomery had been in charge. Here is a well-told story and well-worth reading.

Journal of the Victoria Cross Society

A sympathetic, but not hagiographic portrait that makes use of unpublished documents and other sources to round out the narrative. [This book] fills a gap in the literature and should be commended highly for that.

Society of Friends of the National Army Museum

The book - well illustrated, with good maps, fascinating in its detail and scrupulous in in its judgement - adds new insights into the war in the Western Desert.

The Spectator

I must confess that I had a very limited knowledge of General ‘Strafer’ Gott prior to reading this book. It was along the lines of ‘Auchinleck fired as Commander 8th Army; Gott selected to take over. Gott killed and Montgomery selected as Commander 8th Army. Montgomery wins the Second Battle of El Alamein.’ This may seem a bit harsh on Gott (you’ll have to read the book as why he was nicknamed ‘Strafer’) but then not much has been written on Gott and this biography goes a significant way in changing that.

The author, NS Nash, has provided an excellent, largely chronological, biography of a most capable officer.

Army Rumour Service

“This first biography of an outstanding soldier and commander is not only a rewarding and revealing read but an important addition to the bibliography of the Second World War.”

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