Word: alamein
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even as Sadat spoke, Egyptian and Israeli armies were locked in one of the greatest tank battles in history. Some military observers estimated, in fact, that more tanks and armor were involved than in the classic World War II tank battle at El Alamein in 1942. Cairo newspapers grandly billed the conflict as "the biggest tank collision in the history...
...fateful battle last? "It will not be measured in months or weeks," said Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, who made a sudden inspection of his forces on the western bank. But massive tank battles have traditionally dragged on for many days without resolution. The principal fighting at El Alamein lasted almost a fortnight before British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery finally broke through Rommel's line; by that time neither side had many serviceable tanks left...
...fated jet was Flight 4114, which left Benghazi on the regular run to Cairo. Flying along the Mediterranean coast, the plane turned south at El Alamein, then northeast at El Fayoum for the approach to Cairo. Inexplicably, Captain Bourges missed Cairo by a wide margin; the only reasonable explanation for his error was heavy cloud conditions over the area that afternoon that might have affected his navigational equipment...
Fortunately, Montgomery's victory at EI-Alamein dashed Hitler's, Nasser's and Sadat's hopes. This is the man with whom Israel must make peace...