Bernard Montgomery Quote

To us is given the honor of striking a blow for freedom which will live in history, and in the better days that lie ahead men will speak with pride of our doings.


Message to his troops, on the eve of the Allied invasion of Europe [June 5, 1944]


To us is given the honor of striking a blow for freedom which will live in history, and in the better days that lie ahead men will speak with pride...

To us is given the honor of striking a blow for freedom which will live in history, and in the better days that lie ahead men will speak with pride...

To us is given the honor of striking a blow for freedom which will live in history, and in the better days that lie ahead men will speak with pride...

To us is given the honor of striking a blow for freedom which will live in history, and in the better days that lie ahead men will speak with pride...