Memories of battle
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November 26, 2009, 11:45 am
Filed under: Africa | Tags: BIG, Big Lottery Fund, egypt. world war 2, El Alamein, Heroes Return, HR2, museum, veterans, WW2, WWII
Filed under: Africa | Tags: BIG, Big Lottery Fund, egypt. world war 2, El Alamein, Heroes Return, HR2, museum, veterans, WW2, WWII
At El Alamein Museum we saw a 3 ton truck that was exactly what my father and his fellow soldiers had made their home whilst in the desert. They would dig into the sand and drive their lorry in, covering themselves with a tarpaulin at night so as to be warm and not visible to the enemy. It was said with meaning that really the real enemy at this time was the desert.
The soldiers would not always know where the enemy actually was. Although appearing flat, the desert is not at all, and has many ridges that can hide tanks and soldiers. Also, when Germans captured British vehicles they would sometimes use these in battles so it was not always possible to recognise the real enemy.
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