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Posts in The Copybook for ‘Second Battle of El Alamein’

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The Miracle of El Alamein Clay Lane

Under a moonlit sky in October 1942, Allied and Axis forces met in battle on the sands of the Egyptian desert.

The Second Battle of El Alamein in 1942 was a turning point in the Second World War. A German and Italian army was overwhelmed by British, Indian and Commonwealth forces, supported by the US from the air. Also fighting for the Allies was a British-trained brigade of Free Greeks, and (so it was said) an ancient Roman cavalryman.

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