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# A passenger and a taxi driver talk about Waterloo, the station and the battle
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/realnaia-istoriia-prikliuchivshaiasia-s-marshalom-bernardom-montgomeri-geroem-vtoroi-mirovoi-voiny-v-londone-kogda-on-sadilsia-v-taksi-i-skazal-voditeliu/
- Published: 2020-09-24T07:10:06.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:55:56.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: London, People, Humour

A true story that befell Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, hero of the Second World War, in London, when he climbed into a taxi and said to the driver:.

\- Waterloo, please.

\- The railway station?

\- Of course. For the battle, it is a little late now.