Fierce and Valiant General - Montgomery: Montgomery

Author: Hong Xing
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: In 1960, the famous WWII general, Field Marshal Montgomery of the British Army, was invited to visit China. Montgomery tightly grasped Mao Zedong's hand with both of his own and said, "At last, I have met you, a great and outstanding figure." Mao Zedong, with a radiant face, replied with a smile, "Oh, I feel the same way." As soon as they sat down, Mao Zedong, speaking in the manner of a soldier to a soldier, first humorously asked, "Do you know you are talking to an invader?"