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Alamein.(Book Review)
Canadian Journal of History; Dec 1, 2004; ; 700+ Words Alamein, by Jon Latimer. Cambridge, Massachusetts...of the British/Commonwealth forces at Alamein was evident to most astute observers. Churchill wasted little time in declaring that Alamein and the Soviet stand at Stalingrad constituted...
51st Highland heroes of El Alamein plan reunion
The Scotsman; Dec 31, 2001; ; 700+ Words ...60th anniversary of their victory at El Alamein. The decision comes after the Ministry...their defeat of the Afrika Korps at El Alamein when the so- called Desert Rats won a...than 8,000 taken prisoner. After El Alamein, Montgomery insisted that the Highland...
Pendulum of War: The Three Battles of El Alamein.(Book review)
The Historian; Dec 22, 2006; ; 700+ Words ...Pendulum of War: The Three Battles of El Alamein. By Niall Barr. (Woodstock, N.Y...531. $35.00.) The Battle of El Alamein has attracted the recent attention of...begins with the initial fighting on the Alamein line in July, then carries the story...
A masterly account of Alamein. (Reviews).(Alamein; War Without Hate)(Book Review)
Contemporary Review; Jun 1, 2003; ; 700+ Words Alamein; War Without Hate. John Bierman and Colin...chapters) is about the two battles of El Alamein. This is not the first record of desert...reviewed by someone who saw the retreat to El Alamein (the Gazala Gallop!) and the advance...
Alamein, hero of Millwall riot, is back on the beat.
The Evening Standard (London, England); May 31, 2002; ; 700+ Words ...hands of a football hooligan. This is Alamein, who severed an artery when Millwall...that he might have to be destroyed. But Alamein was made of sterner stuff than that...he has been absolutely brilliant." Alamein, an eight-year-old bay gelding...
Mark Johnston & Peter Stanley, Alamein: the Australian story.(Book Review)
Journal of the Australian War Memorial; Oct 1, 2002; ; 700+ Words Mark Johnston & Peter Stanley, Alamein: the Australian story, Oxford University...turning point of the War. The battle of El Alamein, however, truly deserves such a soubriquet...Australians into the breach at the El Alamein line. When Lieutenant-General Montgomery...
`The Battle of Alamein: Turning Point, World War II' by John Bierman and Colin Smith; Viking.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; Dec 4, 2002; ; 700+ Words ...they pass on, works like "The Battle of Alamein'' by British journalists John Bierman...eye for telling detail. "The Battle of Alamein'' isn't in his league, but neither...overarching strategy of both commands. Because Alamein was the first great British victory of...
El Alamein, the people's battle: Michael Paris describes the film record of the North African victory, and how the footage represents a tour de force in terms of wartime documentary and national effort.
History Today; Oct 1, 2002; ; 700+ Words ...Finally, at the third Battle of El Alamein in October 1942, the British Eighth Army...would drive the Axis from Africa. El Alamein was the turning point in North Africa...visual memory of the war. But why is El Alamein so clearly remembered? Certainly it was...
El Alamein's new battle ...to turn into the Egyptian Algarve; In 1942 it witnessed an epic military clash. Now, says John Carter, the Western Desert is fighting to lure an army of tourists, REVIEW.
The Mail on Sunday (London, England); May 8, 2005; 700+ Words ...to the Commonwealth War Cemetery at El Alamein. We weren't in Egypt's Western Desert...the comfort of a five-star hotel. El Alamein's place in military history should have...What must be explained first is why El Alamein is as strategically important today as...
El Alamein revisited.(Pendulum of War: The Three Battles of el Alamein)(Book Review)
Contemporary Review; Mar 1, 2005; ; 700+ Words ...Pendulum of War: The Three Battles of el Alamein. Niall Barr. Jonathan Cape. [pounds...impression that after falling back to El Alamein, we were cowed and defeated. Then...it was Wavell who had first suggested Alamein as a defensive position, it was 'The...
I never saw my grandad shed a tear ..until now; 60 YEARS ON, ONE SOLDIER'S RETURN TO EL ALAMEIN.(Features)
The Mirror (London, England); Oct 21, 2002; 700+ Words ...Mirror reporter and granddaughter of El Alamein veteran Jack Smith IN a dusty strip of...of the Essex Regiment, had been in El Alamein, Egypt, fighting Rommel's mighty Afrika...weekend for the 60th anniversary of El Alamein and the Commonwealth's last official...
Peltours adds El Alamein.(Brief Article)
Travel Trade Gazette UK & Ireland; Aug 20, 2004; 700+ Words ...is featuring the Egyptian resort of El Alamein for the first time next year and is targeting...moves into new destinations such as El Alamein which are the future for the package market...as a destination." Panto described El Alamein as "an ideal holiday choice" as it allows...
Veterans remember El Alamein
Scotland on Sunday; Oct 20, 2002; ; 700+ Words VETERANS of El Alamein honoured their fallen comrades yesterday...soldiers from both sides of the battle of El Alamein, a bitter 12-day fight in the autumn...Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at El Alamein, the Duke of Kent, the second Viscount...
Alamein, El.(Reference Source)
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.; Jan 1, 1993; 536 Words ...746"> <article.title dti1="Alamein, El"> Alamein, El <pr> &ebreve; l &...up a defense line extending 35 mi (56 km) from Alamein S to the Qattara Depression, a badland which could...
Alamein veterans gather for ceremony.(News)
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England); Oct 18, 2002; 397 Words ...history. Those who died in the Battle of El Alamein, famously won by the Allies under General...expected to attend. The Army has chosen El Alamein for a memorial ceremony because marked...forcing them back to the village of El Alamein, about 60 miles west of Alexandria...
Veterans return to El Alamein 60 years on
The Scotsman; Oct 19, 2002; ; 700+ Words VETERANS of the battle of El Alamein gathered in Egypt yesterday to mark the 60th anniversary...time by Sir Winston Churchill, who said: "Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat." Before the battle, Gen...
LIVING: BOOKS - Remember the heroes of Alamein.(Features)
Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England); Jun 23, 2002; 700+ Words ...death and fear.' They were both talking about Alamein, a battle that has a significance in British...Sicily and Italy. As Churchill said: 'Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.' No wonder the church...
Remember the Alamein?
Sunday Star-Times; Nov 14, 1999; ; 700+ Words ...Plenty to find Mana Wahine partyleader Alamein Kopu...contenders are among them. The exception is Alamein Kopu -- the grandmother who came from...ofsome disparities that need explaining by Alamein". It involved spending of $1000or...
Pendulum of War: The Three Battles of El Alamein
RUSI Journal; Feb 1, 2005; ; 700+ Words ...Pendulum of War: The Three Battles of El Alamein By Niall Barr 200 -00, 368 pages Jonathan...other deadlines pressing. After all, Alamein is not exactly virgin territory, and...know to my cost, the battlefield of El Alamein is perverse, perplexing and (because...
Alamein, El.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.; Jan 1, 2000; 447 Words Alamein, El or Al Alamayn , town, N Egypt, on...defense line extending 35 mi (56 km) from Alamein S to the Qattara Depression, a badland...a viscount with the title Montgomery of Alamein. Bibliography See M. Carver, El Alamein...
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