"((el-)) Alamein" . . . . "El Alamein 1942 : the story of the battle in the words of the soldiers" . . . . . . . "Personal narratives" . . . . . . . . . . "\"On the night of 23 October 1942 British artillery thundered across the desolate sands of North Africa to herald the greatest Allied offensive of the Second World War. El Alamein was the battle that defined both the Afrika Corps and the British 8th Army, the legendary 'Desert Rats.' Hitler's fanatic insistence that his forces should not cede ground, caused the destruction of a significant part of Rommel's army ... This is the story of El Alamein and the British soldiers who fought in it\"--Dust jkt." . "History" . . "1942" . .