In July of 1941, El Alamein was an unknown dot on the African map. Located 65 miles west of Alexandria and the Nile River Basin in Egypt, the town was a backwater railroad station of little concern. But what a difference a year makes! In July of 1942, El Alamein, the little train depot on the Mediterranean, [...]
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The Desert Fox Runs the British to Ground
Posted in Africa, World War II (1939-1945), tagged 1942, Alexandria, Egypt, El Alamein, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, General Claude Auchinleck, Libya, Tobruk on July 1 | Leave a Comment »
