THE DESSERT WAR

Rommel, you magnificent bastard! I read your book! (Exclamation by George S. Patten upon his defeat of Rommel in North Africa)

Rommel, you magnificent bastard! I read your book! (Exclamation by George S. Patten upon his defeat of Rommel in North Africa)

Anybody who came under the spell of his personality turned into a real soldier. He seemed to know what the enemy were like and how they would react.

(Theodor Werner an officer who, during World War I, served under Rommel)

Anybody who came under the spell of his personality turned into a real soldier. He seemed to know what the enemy were like and how they would react. (Theodor Werner an officer who, during World War I, served under Rommel)

We have a very daring and skillful opponent against us, and, may I say across the havoc of war, a great General.

(Winston Churchill, said during the debate in the British Parliament over a censure vote against Churchill for his failure to defeat Rommel. The vote failed.)

We have a very daring and skilful opponent against us, and, may I say across the havoc of war, a great General. (Winston Churchill, said during the debate in the British Parliament over a censure vote against Churchill for his failure to defeat Rommel. The vote failed.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOgqU95Eyo4

First Battle of El Alamein

Bernard Montgomery

Second Battle of El AlameinStrengthAxis-116,000 men -547 tanks -552 artillery

Allies-195,000 men -1,029 tanks -908 artillery

CasualtiesAllies-13,000 casualties and around 500 tanks

Axis-30,000 casualties and around 500 tanks

War in the Desert

Diary of Private Charles Oswald Chesterton -Keynes• 5th July 1942- The heat of the desert is unbearable , but the Germans keep

coming . I wish I was back in that brothel in Tripoli, corrr!• 11th July- Flies, flies, flies. Who would expect flies in the desert. They are

everywhere, almost as bad as the sand• 15th July- Sand, Sand, Sand. Who would expect...Oh well it is a part of life

here. I don’t know how the locals live?• 20th July- We can really feel it now, Rommel is coming.