The AFS sent Chamberlin to North Africa in January 1943 and assigned him to the British 8th Army, but a mild case of polio sent him to the hospital instead. After his convalescence he was given ...

Montgomery, commonly referred to as "Monty," initially earned distinction during World War II due to his highly effective leadership of the British Eighth Army in North Africa. There, Montgomery ...

and operations of the "British" -- actually British, Canadian, French, Indian, New Zealander, South African, Polish, and even Italian (in fact a lot of Italians) -- Eighth Army that fought alongside ...

In September 1943, 191 soldiers of Montgomery's 8th Army downed guns and refused to take part in the battle for Salerno in southern Italy. It was the biggest wartime mutiny in British military ...