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el alamein
a n d t h e s av i n g o f t h e m i d d l e e a s t
1942
peter willett
bl 1932–1937
p i c t u r e d o n pa g e 9 6 t h i s y e a r at w e l l i n g to n
T
here were two battles of
El Alamein fought by the
British 8th Army against the
German and Italians in the
deserts of Cyrenaica and
Egypt in 1942. The first lasted for most of
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