But the British were going to abandon most of Palestine and try and defend northern Palestine, so the big population centres would have been overrun. If Rommel had succeeded in breaking the British line, the plan was to fall back on Palestine. In Israeli memory, it’s an absolutely pivotal battle because it saved the Jews of Palestine. What about the Israelis? I know you’re just back from giving a talk in Jerusalem. It was a multinational battle at a pivotal time. Even the Cypriots have a dog in the fight. And then you have the Egyptians, the Palestinians. Then there are all the sub-narratives-about Italy or India or the Commonwealth. It then zooms back across the Atlantic to south-western Germany where all the German generals retired after the war. The ‘super highway’ of El Alamein runs from London-people, publishing houses, big film studios like Pinewood in the immediate post-war period-to New York publishing houses, Los Angeles, Hollywood. It’s a topic of enduring fascination to many people in many countries. You mentioned in your book that more than 300 books have been written on the battle of El Alamein. Foreign Policy & International Relations.
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