article_snippet.sent: The dinner party also saw the reunion of Eisenhower, who became President after the end of the war, and Montgomery.
article_snippet.sent: The pair had clashed over military strategy during the latter stages of the war when Eisenhower was Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe.
article_snippet.sent: Their feud had been reignited a year prior to the anniversary dinner when Montgomery published Montgomery memoirs in which Montgomery slated Eisenhower's command.
article_snippet.sent: Bobby Livingston, from the auction house, said: 'These photos were taken at a reunion dinner hosted by Eisenhower while Eisenhower was on tour in Britain in 1959. '
article_snippet.sent: It was the 20-year anniversary of the invasion of Poland which kickstarted the Second World War and so Eisenhower gathered all the military leaders for what used to be known as a 'stag party'. '
article_snippet.sent: The other interesting thing about this set is that all the big British players from the Allied high command were at a reunion dinner hosted by President Eisenhower while he was on tour in Britain in 1959, including Field Marshal Montgomery. '
article_snippet.sent: Monty had been very critical of Eisenhower in the years following the Second World War, and it was no secret that they didn't like each other, but Monty was duly invited to a reunion dinner hosted by President Eisenhower while he was on tour in Britain in 1959. '
article_snippet.sent: Newspaper reports of a reunion dinner hosted by President Eisenhower while he was on tour in Britain in 1959 noted that the pair sat close to one another and while no-one knows what was said the pair seemed to have buried the hatchet.'