{"id":1376163,"date":"2022-12-31T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c4israel.com.au\/?p=1376163"},"modified":"2022-12-10T16:38:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T06:38:54","slug":"the-importance-of-the-battle-of-el-alamein-in-wwii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c4israel.com.au\/articles\/the-importance-of-the-battle-of-el-alamein-in-wwii\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of the Battle of El Alamein in WWII"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We usually think of the victory of Beersheba as the key to open the door for Israel to re-enter the \u201cstage of history\u201d as Israel\u2019s PM declared, and together with the Balfour declaration that\u2019s true. However, for the curtain on history\u2019s stage to be raised, another prop was needed for the military scene, and that was the victory at the battle of El Alamein in November 1942.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously during 1942, General Rommel\u2019s \u201cAfrika Korps\u201d was racing across North Africa, heading with seeming impunity to the Suez Canal and the Middle Eastern oilfields. The Yishuv, (body of Jews living in the region) were upwards of 500,000. To them Rommel\u2019s march across North Africa became known as the \u201cdays of dread,\u201d as they well knew what was happening to their compatriots in Europe.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Priest 105 mm self-propelled gun of the 1st Armoured Division preparing for action, 2 November 1942 \n(Photo: Imperial War Museum)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

That catastrophe was averted however, with Rommel\u2019s defeat at El Alamein. It was here that the Australian 9th Division were instrumental in defeating the mighty Afrika Korps at El Alamein. It was Churchill who said \u201cit was the fierce fighting of the Australians that swung the battle in our favour,\u201d<\/em> even the Palestinian Post, now the Jerusalem Post, had headlines to the effect that \u201cthe Australians have done it again\u201d<\/em>. It was another chapter in our shared history with Israel. Many historians including the Israeli, Gorenberg, believed that without this victory, even D-Day might not have occurred. We will never know for sure, but of this we can be sure, the victory at El Alamein consolidated the victory at Beersheba and averted a second holocaust in the Middle East.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generals, Derek Prince and the hand of God at El Alamein<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly that time was also a \u201cday of dread\u201d for that great prayer warrior, Bible teacher and Christian Zionist Derek Prince, who was a British NCO in charge of a field ambulance unit in North Africa at the time. Derek could plainly see a bitter defeat coming with enormous geopolitical consequences, so despite his meagre army rations, he fasted and prayed for an Allied victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In preparation for the battle the newly appointed General Montgomery said \u201cLet us ask God, mighty in battle to give us the victory.\u201d <\/em>As Derek heard this cry to God over the armed forces radio, he said that he \u201cheard a voice saying clearly, your prayers are answered,\u201d<\/em> and in the middle of a tent in the sandy desert, Derek broke down and wept with joy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today you and I are not only part of history, we are history in the making… The heritage of the ages depends on us.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

At the same time and in close proximity, the Australian Commander Lieutenant General Sir. Leslie Morshead gave an inspiring and profound address to our troops prior to the great battle as Rommel lay siege to the town, the following is the text of his speech. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday you and I are not only part of history, we are history in the making. For years we have enjoyed almost without effort, almost without thinking, freedom won for us by others who have endured, free speech and enfranchised thought earned by unknown heroes of forgotten days. Today the safety and guard of those things depend on us. The heritage of the ages depends on us.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are not creatures of Destiny but Destiny itself. Without us, all that is decent and kindly and holy will perish from this earth.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHere we will fight and if necessary, here we will die, but we will not retreat from here.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If only we could hear that kind of rhetoric from our leaders today as we face with the same sense of dread, a new El Alamein moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new El Alamein<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Our Judeo Christian heritage that came from above is under siege by an insidious ideology that comes from below. Today we face an enemy far more dangerous than Hitler, against weapons more dangerous than tanks and guns. Morshead, in his address prior to the battle of El Alamein, clearly outlines what is at stake, \u201cThe Heritage of the ages\u201d, which includes Israel with its capital Jerusalem. He clearly sets out on whom the burden of the battle falls. Derek Prince shows us our weapons of choice for those of us that rally around the Royal standard to face with fortitude the \u201cgathering storm\u201d of a great battle, the battle for our Judeo Christian heritage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We usually think of the victory of Beersheba as the key to open the door for Israel to re-enter the \u201cstage of history\u201d as Israel\u2019s PM declared, and together with the Balfour declaration that\u2019s true. However, for the curtain on history\u2019s stage to be raised, another prop was needed for the military scene, and that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":1376166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c4israel.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1376163"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c4israel.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c4israel.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4israel.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4israel.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1376163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/c4israel.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1376163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4israel.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1376166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c4israel.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1376163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4israel.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1376163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4israel.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1376163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}