Bryn Hammond - El Alamein. The Battle that Turned the Tide of the SWW (OGM, 2012) CONV COMP.pdf

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BRYN HAMMOND
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER ONE
The Road
CHAPTER TWO
An Oasis of Calm
CHAPTER THREE
Diminishing Returns
CHAPTER FOUR
The Little Man with White Knobbly Knees
CHAPTER FIVE
Summer Madness
CHAPTER SIX
Something Old, Something New
CHAPTER SEVEN
An End Has a Start
CHAPTER EIGHT
Attrition
CHAPTER NINE
‘La Caduta Degli Dei’
CONCLUSION
The End of the Beginning
ORDER OF BATTLE
GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
ENDNOTES
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
In
Cambrai 1917: The Myth of the First Great Tank Battle,
I made full and proper
reference to the support and encouragement of friends and family in the preparation and
completion of that book during difficult times. The same people have continued to
support me and I must offer once more my thanks for their innumerable kindnesses and
generosity.
First and foremost, I must thank Abby, Holly and Bryn. Their patience with me during
the writing of this book and their pride in their dad’s achievements is rewarded by a
second ‘mention’. This means they are now twice as famous as they were before.
I would also like to thank my wonderful family especially my mum, Margaret, for
practical help as well as huge amounts of love, and my brother and sister, Dave and Sarah
and their families and loved ones. Dad would be so proud of us all for what we all
continue to achieve.
Amongst my fantastic friends, Alan Jeffreys, Philip Dutton, Chris McCarthy and Lee
Murrell all generously supported me in practical ways with book loans, advice and
encouragement. Alan – a fine historian in his own right – also read early drafts of the text
and commented on my Great War perspective on the Second World War. The
indomitable Peter Hart found time in his punishing work programme to read draft
material and offered comments on my work, none of which can be printed. John Paylor,
George Webster and Laurie Milner also gave great help by reading drafts and providing
helpful comment. Had they been given more time, they would have made even more
valuable contributions than the great help they did offer. Tim Roberts deserves a special
mention for the opinions he shared on the relative strengths and weaknesses of British
and German armour. Steve Grace and Donald Hislop were especially good at tolerating
the idiosyncratic ways of an author with a deadline.
At the Imperial War Museum I was greatly assisted by many members of staff
including Julie Robertshaw, Marius Gasior, Sarah Paterson, Tony Richards, Simon
Offord, Richard McDonough, Richard Hughes, Sabrina Rowlett, Victoria Rogers, Jane
Rosen, Alison Duffield, Alan Wakefield and Ian Proctor. Staff at the Durham County
Records Office and National Army Museum were also extremely helpful. A particular
thank you goes to Pam and the ladies of Balderton Library and to Nottinghamshire

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