It includes the operation’s purpose, key tasks, and the conditions that define the end state. It links the mission, concept of opera¬tions, and tasks to subordinate units. A clear com-mander’s intent facilitates a shared understanding and focuses on the overall conditions that represent mission accomplishment . (White paper)
Montgomery has a specific aim that must achieved no retreat to the back one inch and must push back Rommel to Libya, prevent Rommel from taking Egypt. Because this is the last stand to allied and it is important to stop Hitler here and prevent him from taking Egypt and control the Suez canal and oil fields in middle east .The subordinate understand this intent and worked hard to achieve this goal, for example the intelligence branch worked hard day and night to discover the secret code of German messages until one solider called Alan Turing, he was a computer scientist success to decode the message, so Montgomery have the top secrets of Rommel and where and when he took the supplies, so they work hard all in his place to achieve this intent. Infantry worked under fire of axis accept risk to achieve the intent anther team work on deception plan all although the powerful defense plan that Rommel have and the mine field they trying hardly to break this defense plan and open lanes in it ,and also he make deception plan, he extended 20 mile pipeline to the south