{"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