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Article: EL IS FOR HEROES; EL ALAMEIN 42-02: 60 years ago the Scots soldiers of the Highland Division changed the course of history in the sands of Egypt.(News)
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- Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- October 20, 2002
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AS British troops prepare for war in Iraq, veterans prepare to mark, on Wednesday, the 60th anniversary of the most famous desert battle of World War II. El Alamein was a turning point, as Scots of the Highland Division, led by Lieutenant General Bernard Montgomery, out-thought and out-fought Germany's `Desert Fox' Erwin Rommel and his feared Afrika Corps. At last, Britain could claim a victory over the seemingly unstoppable Nazis, giving the free world the first glimmer of hope that Germany could be defeated. Here, Jon Latimer author of the best-selling book, Alamein, tells ...