Churchill’s most difficult time came in 1942, when Britain came far closer to losing the war than most realise to this day. Fifty-five thousand British and Australian troops then endured years of horror in Japanese prisoner-of-war and slave labour camps. The reality was that the British Army remained a product of the 1930s. The sad consequence was an army that was not fit for the purpose of fighting the German or the Japanese armies. At 9.40 pm on Friday, October 23, the Eighth Army recommenced battle at El Alamein with an immense artillery barrage.

Source: Libya Today January 08, 2022 23:14 UTC