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‘Magnificent’: Australians at Alamein 1942
January 1, 1970 @ 10:00 am
Dr Mark Johnston, author (with Prof Peter Stanley) of Alamein: The Australian Story, and one of Australia’s leading experts on the Second World War, will explain the role of Australian forces in the great turning point battle of the war in July-November 1942. Why did General Montgomery, commander of the British Eighth Army, call the 9th Australian Division ‘magnificent’?