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	Learn more about Erwin Rommel in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The First Battle of El Alamein was lost by Rommel because he was suffering from the eternal curse of the desert war; long supply lines.
		Even then, their first battle was not against the British Eighth Army, but against the US II Corps.
		Rommel inflicted a sharp reversal on the American forces at the Battle of the Kasserine Pass.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /e/er/erwin_rommel.html (1328 words)

	Western Desert Campaign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During the course of this battle, the Western Desert Force was renamed as XIII Corps.
		In spite of a number of tactical defeats, especially in the armoured battle of Totensonntag, the Afrika Korps was forced to retreat and all the territory gained by Rommel was recaptured, with the exception of garrisons at Bardia and Sollum.
		After a lengthy armoured battle, known as "the Cauldron", he defeated the Allies in the Battle of Gazala and captured Tobruk.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Western_Desert_Campaign (1322 words)

	CSI Reprint: Battle Report: Alam Halfa
		HE BATTLE OF ALAM HALFA IN 1942, fought as August turned into September, was a turning point of the war in the Mediterranean-indeed, more truly a turning point than the more celebrated "Battle of Alamein" that followed, in the fall.
		This whirling battle of tanks continued for nearly 3 weeks, shifting to and fro with repeated turns of fortune, but in the end, Rommel's tank strength was exhausted and he was forced to retreat–right back to his February starting position near Agheila, on the frontier of Tripolitania.
		It may be thought that this telephone battle has not much bearing on a study of the actual battle, but suffice to say that on the day of the battle itself, the blue lines of the enemy's movements–as put on the maps dining the exercise–required little adteration to conform to fact.
	www-cgsc.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/hart/hart.asp (17519 words)

	Armour Regiments Page
		Battle was first joined by the rival Armies at Chillianwallah which was really a defeat for the British but for the 3rd, Captain Unett's Squadron cut a path half a mile deep in the enemy, losing half of his brave squadron in the process.
		April 1794 brought the battle of Beaumont which was a cavalry victory glowingly reported by the Fortescue as "the greatest day in the history of the British horse" because the British mounted mounted regiments routed 25.000 French troops with their flanking attacks.
		During the later battle of Alam Halfa as part of 22nd Armoured Brigade the Scots Greys, with their new Grant tanks, charged down from the ridge in true cavalry style and were able to inflict such toll on the enemy armour that the attack foundered.
	www.btinternet.com /~ian.a.paterson/orgarmour.htm (20270 words)

	The Queen's Royal Hussars Offical Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The first battle was near the river Alma in September 1854 and the 8th Hussars were awarded the battle honour for a convincing defeat of the enemy.
		In the second battle for Ypres in may 1915 gas was first used by the Germans who expected a breakthrough which the 8th were sent forward to contain and this they did.
		For the battle of Cambrai in November the 8th Hussars were again warned for "The Gap" which did not appear, however they did some fierce defending against the enemy counter attack.
	www.qrh.org.uk /history5a.htm (3062 words)

	Wikipedia: Erwin Rommel
		Still, it took a large set piece battle, the Second Battle of El Alamein to force his troops back.
		After his battles in Africa, Rommel concluded that any offensive movements would be impossible due to the overwhelming Allied air superiority.
		He argued that the panzer forces should be kept as close to the front as possible, so they wouldn't have to move far when the invasion started.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/e/er/erwin_rommel.html (1265 words)

	ipedia.com: Military history of Britain during World War II Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		After the departure of the main battle forces the Indian Ocean was left with escort carriers and older battleships as the mainstay of its naval forces.
		The new commander of the Eighth Army, Lieutenant General Sir Bernard Montgomery, had the opportunity to conclusively defeat the Panzerarmee Afrika under Erwin Rommel, since Rommel was at the end of enormously stretched supply lines, the British were close to their supply bases, and Rommel was about to be attacked from the rear by Torch.
		Most of the forces that took part in the Battle of the Bulge were American, with some great feats of staff work taking place which resulted in the Third Army and Ninth Army essentially altering their facing by ninety degrees to contain the salient.
	www.ipedia.com /military_history_of_britain_during_world_war_ii.html (13340 words)

	Erwin Rommel
		Having made the best possible plan to win the battle, yet at the same time to husband his resources, Monty dismissed Alam Haifa entirely from his mind and concentrated on the next one.
		While Rommel was leading his troops in person against strongly-held defensive positions on the Alam Halfa ridge, Montgomery was planning the battle of Alamein.
		There is no question that the Field-Marshal was a most able battle commander and a fine tactician for an independent force like the Afrika Korps, but it was hardly necessary to attribute to him preternatural gifts in order to explain his successes.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /GERrommel.htm (1666 words)

	Captain Myles Henry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Myles was soon to see plenty of action, being engaged in the battles of Alam Haifa and Ruwesat Ridge at the end of August and in October, the eleven-day long battle for El Alemein, which finished in Field Marshall Erwin Rommel's overstretched advance being ground to a staggering halt and victory for the 8th Army.
		By his personal vigorous intervention, he immediately mobilised the defence of Arnhem and its bridge-head and within two hours of the landings, a battle group of the 9th S.S. Panzer Division was on its way to attack the British troops then moving eastwards from the Dropping Zone.
		On Monday the 18th, after a five-hour delay because of bad weather, 10th Para as part of the 4th Parachute Brigade, successfully landed, albeit in scattered groups, in the battle zone west of Oosterbeek and were immediately engaged in a fierce battle.
	www.arnhemarchive.org /myles_henry.htm (3519 words)

	Artillery Regiments Page
		It was then was reorganised, with CC Battery being formed from part of it and in March 1941 was it re-equipped with 25 Pounders, and with the rest of 5th RHA sailed to Egypt that summer, consisting of A and B Troops..
		Throughout the day, as the battle continued, the guns were constantly being moved to fresh targets firing at 100 yards or less, but by 3pm the gun ammunition began running short, so the artillerymen used their rifles to fire at any Germans who showed their heads.
		Later the battle honour "Leipzig 1813" was awarded and both are still carried on the Battery’s badge and the anniversary of the Battle of Leipzig (18th October) is still celebrated.
	www.btinternet.com /~ian.a.paterson/orgartillery.htm (15080 words)

	CHAPTER 10 BATTLE FOR EGYPT \| NZETC
		General Freyberg experienced a rough journey in his caravan, which was hit at least twice and had the windscreen shattered, but during the height of the battle he got out of bed and viewed the action through a window, likening it to Balaclava.
		In its tribulations the MDS was cheered by the congratulations of the CO 14 CCS on the excellent condition of the wounded on arrival at his unit.
		The civilians who had fled returned, and news of the battles in the desert was followed closely in the Cairo newspapers.
	www.nzetc.org /tm/scholarly/tei-WH2MMed-c10.html (8869 words)

	Mediterranean, RN, Fleet, Barham, Cape Bon, Battle, Sirte, George, Cross, ABC, Cunningham, Alexandria, Malta, Convoys, ...
		In the Battle of Alam Halfa, the German-Italian attack breaks on the ridge of that name 15 miles behind the main lines.
		Progress is at first slow and the battle becomes a straight slogging match.
		In the build-up to the battle, Royal Navy submarines and RAF aircraft, especially those based in Malta, are sinking more than a third of Axis supplies setting out for North Africa.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2CampaignsRNMed2.htm (5722 words)

	Montgomery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Battle of Alamein begun on 23 October 1942 with plentiful reinforcements and new, modern equipment but he did not at first break the German position as he had hoped but, after a change of front, forced Rommel into retreat and drove him towards Tunis.
		His handling of the Normandy battle in the static phase was thoroughly competent but when he returned his command to Eisenhower and became a subordinate commander, his conception of strategy became over-independent.
		At Arnhem he attempt-ed to gain premature entry into the Rhine plain and later, during the Battle of the Bulge, assumed tempporary command of the American t'orces on the northern flank of the bulge with too great a display of satistaction.
	www.socc.ie /~smurray1/Biographies/Montgomery/montgomery.html (426 words)

	Brian Horrocks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		He took part in the battle of Mons and at Ypres, on 21st October 1914, his platoon was surrounded by the enemy and Horrocks was wounded and became a prisoner for the rest of the First World War.
		In 1919 Horrocks served as a volunteer with the White Army in Siberia.
		I saw a small, alert figure with piercing eyes sitting in the back of his car - the man under whom I was to fight all my battles during the war, and who was to have more influence on my life than anyone before or since.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWhorrocks.htm (2447 words)

	Erwin Rommel
		After the war Rommel held battalion commands, and was instructor at the Dresden Infantry School (1929-1933) and the Potsdam War Academy (1935-1938).
		The British, with their backs against the wall, were very close to their supplies, and had fresh troops on hand.
		He argued that the tank forces should be kept in small units as close to the front as possible, so they wouldn't have to move far and enmasse when the invasion started.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Erwin_Rommel (1929 words)

	Major Dougie Covill MBE.DCM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Our tanks were inferior to the Germans and communications were so poor that we failed to get the amended start time for the attack, and went into action before the rest of the brigade.
		Those still battle worthy reorganised into composite squadrons to continue the action on the Somme with the French and 51st Highland Division.
		After a spell near Rome after the Cassino battles we moved to the Adriatic to join the battle for the Gothic Line, we were heavily engaged on the Coriano ridge.
	www.krh.org.uk /covill.htm (1023 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Saudi PR machine greased by millions
		Oil-rich Saudis are spending millions to fend off accusations the kingdom sponsors terrorism, both in court and in the court of public opinion.
		The charities were named along with the Saudi royal family and other wealthy Saudis accused of funding terrorism in a lawsuit filed last April.
		More recently, U.S. authorities launched a probe of payments made by Princess Haifa bint Faisal, the daughter of the late King Faisal and wife of Saudi envoy Prince Bandar, that wound up in the hands of two 9-11 hijackers.
	www.wnd.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30240 (1402 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		There were fierce battles at the River Litani and at Kissoué, where Frenchmen fought Frenchmen.
		Battle of the Atlantic Conscription Introduced Evacuation Declaration of War on Germany Civilian Internment HMS 'Royal Oak' Torpedoed 'Admiral Graf Spee' Sunk
		Battles of Mandalay and Meiktila Yalta Conference Rhine Crossings Dresden Raid Spring Offensive in Italy British Enter Rangoon Liberation of Belsen VE Day Potsdam Conference Churchill Loses General Election Hiroshima and Nagasaki VJ Day
	bbc.co.uk /ww2peopleswar/timeline/factfiles/nonflash/a1057565.shtml?... (546 words)

	1942
		The battle for the Gazala line begins (Operation Theseus), as the Afrikakorps thrusts towards Tobruk with 560 tanks sweeping round the southern end of the Eighth Army's defensive positions, although the Free French forces at Bir Hacheim manage hold up this advance.
		The 15th Panzer Division fails to break through the British 8th Army's lines in the battle of Alam Halfa and advance toward Alexandria, 120km away.
		Rommel begins his final attempt to break through at El Alamein in the second battle of Alam Halfa, but sustains heavy losses.
	www.wargamer.com /ww2timeline/1942africa.asp (1428 words)

	Patrick Cockburn: Hell on Haifa Street
		Haifa Street is on the west side of the Tigris river, in the heart of the city.
		His mother, sitting by his hospital bed, added: "They are trying to reduce the number of Iraqis." Others blamed terrorists for the attack, but accused the government and the US of not providing security.
		It is a measure of the level of violence in Baghdad that the car bomb was not the first explosion on Haifa Street yesterday.
	www.counterpunch.org /patrick09152004.html (1785 words)

	U-boat, Laconia, Ottawa, Leda, Somali, HMS, HMCS, Charlottetown, Audacity, Doenitz, Dontitz, Admiral, ON, convoy, ...
		All four transports are lost to air attack, two off Malta and two in harbour before much of their cargo can be off-loaded.
		Unfortunately none of them will be available to fight the Battle of the Atlantic for another six months: they are needed for the invasion of French North Africa.
		To deal with this grave threat, a Cabinet Anti-U-boat Warfare Committee (not the 1941 Battle of the Atlantic Committee) is formed under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2CampaignsUboats3.htm (5026 words)

	Espionage 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In the meantime, Montgomery had refused his left flank and anchored his own armor on the western end of the Alam Haifa ridge.
		After the assault deteriorated along Alam Haifa ridge, the Axis forces disengaged and reasserted their original defense line to the west." (Kahn)
		25, 1944 - The liberation of Paris was the culmination of the rapid pursuit and destruction of German forces in the Battle of France using knowledge from Ultra.
	history.acusd.edu /gen/WW2Timeline/espionage.html (2896 words)

	Roll of Honour - Kent - Kemsing
		He was wounded but returned to the front line where he was wounded again and died of his injuries in a casualty clearing stationed at the age of 25 on 30th April 1917.
		He was killed on 4th November 1917 during the battle to capture Beersheba from the Turks.
		He was killed in the battle for Cactus Farm during the liberation of Tunis on 6th May 1943 and is also buried in Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery in Tunisia.
	www.roll-of-honour.com /Kent/Kemsing.html (2922 words)

	German Contribution
		Much of his success in these actions was due to Luftwaffe fighter pilots maintaining air superiority over the battle area.
		The Me 109 was a far better fighter than the Hurricanes and the American Curtiss Tomahawks that it faced, and German pilots remained amongst the most combat-experienced in the world.
		That Goring and Hitler could not see the obvious ramifications, which were more than evident to their Geschwader commanders, spelled doom for this mighty air force.
	www.regiamarina.net /others/germany/contribution_us.htm (2572 words)

	KHC Kemsing War Memorial Project
		He took part in many battles and family stories relate that he was a sniper.
		November 1917 during the battle to capture Beersheba from the Turks.
		September 1942 when the Company were involved with fierce fighting with the Italians at Alam Haifa.
	www.kemsingheritagecentre.org.uk /kemsing_war_memorial_project.htm (2412 words)

	Marxism message, [Marxism] War against the phony election: a battle aim thatstr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		For several months the fl flag stamped with a yellow circle has been waving from the lampposts -- the banner of Al-Qaeda-Al-Jihad (‘the base of holy war’), an extremist Sunni group.
		Haifa Street, in the Karkh district of Baghdad, has become one of its territories.
		In Haifa Street, the agents directing traffic now approach the commission’s car.
	archives.econ.utah.edu /archives/marxism/2004w51/msg00010.htm (663 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - David Boe's Recollections of World War Two: 1939 - 1945: Part II
		Whilst we were there Montgomery fought and won his first battle in Africa — at Alam Haifa.
		I was a GPO (Gun Position Officer) as the battle started and read the message ‘for all troops from the Army Commander’ - “We are going to hit the enemy for six right out of Africa”.
		Another full scale attack was necessary and again we took part in a left wing hook and after some fierce fighting we emerged onto the plain with a clear run to Tunis.
	www.bbc.co.uk /ww2peopleswar/stories/80/a3894780.shtml (3045 words)

	M. Junaid Alam: Raping the Palestinians
		Shortly after the announcement of the partition plan in 1947, the Jewish militia forces initiated an aggressive campaign against the Palestinians, first on the Israeli and then the Arab side of the partition.
		Thus it is in our interest to examine the reality of Palestinian life of the past few decades-that is, after the 1967 war, under Israeli military rule-to draw the necessary lessons, and dismantle the myths surrounding the current period.
		Junaid Alam's Raping the Palesitians is continued in Part Two: the Brutalities of Colonial Occupation.
	www.counterpunch.org /alam0713.html (3225 words)

	Amazon.com: Exit Rommel: The Tunisian Campaign, 1942-1943: Books: Bruce Allen Watson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The legend of the Desert Fox colors most battle accounts of North Africa in World War II, but this is the story of Rommel's performance in the face of defeat.
		After a detailed discussion of the Alamein battles, July through November 1942, and Rommel's retreat to Tunisia, ending in January 1943, Watson recounts the British and American invasion of North Africa and the confused web of Axis command that spawned the debacle at Medenine.
		The final three chapters cover selected variables of battle and command to reveal the man behind the legend.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0275959236?v=glance (571 words)

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