Article: Titans of war who came face to face.(News Local)

Byline: By Jane Hall And Beverley Addy

Field Marshall Erwin Rommel and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery first met across the battlefield in North Africa.

They were to face each other again in Europe. Jane Hall and Beverley Addy profile the two great wartime protagonists and speak to Bomber Command veteran Fred Whitfield.

At 5ft 7ins, Bernard Montgomery was the toughest of military taskmasters with a penchant for labelling lesser mortals as "useless, quite useless".

As Britain's most celebrated Second World War commander, many believed it ...

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