He fought alongside Field Marshall Montgomery against "Desert Fox" Erwin Rommel in North Africa, and stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day... so Tony Johnson knows first hand about the horrors ...

Germany: General Erwin Rommel's Panzergruppe Afrika including ... Lieutenant General Cunningham, fresh from victory in East Africa, was given command of the new 8th Army, comprising 13th Corps ...

Field-Marshal Bernard Montgomery - 'Monty' - led the British 8th Army in North Africa against German forces led by Erwin Rommel. The decisive battle of the desert campaign was at El Alamein.