Bernard Montgomery's leadership style was defined by intense preparation and an almost puritanical personal discipline. A noted teetotaler and non-smoker, he believed an army's morale was inseparable from its moral character. Upon taking command in Egypt, he closed brothels in Cairo to address venereal disease rates, viewing it as essential to building a effective force. His famous victory at the Second Battle of El Alamein in late 1942 was the first major Allied land victory against Germany, tu