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El Alamein and Torch
The two offensives were, of course, great successes.
Montgomerys attack at El Alamein on October 23, 1942, caught the defending Germans by surprise. ... A General Stumme was in charge at El Alamein, and when the battle began he dropped dead of a heart attack. ... The British had actually hoped to envelope and annihilate the Axis force in this battle, and they kept trying to do that as it retreated more than 1,000 miles back to Tripoli, and beyond. ... But Hitler had other things on his mind at that moment: remember that the Battle of Stalingrad was taking place at exactly the same time, the winter of 1942-1943, and the stakes in Russia were far higher.
Approximate Word count = 1286 Approximate Pages = 5.1 (250 words per page double spaced)
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