Friday, 1 October 2021

THE SECOND BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN

 

St Crispin’s day has been

A bloody day in history

Famous for being a day 

When battles were fought

High in the cost of life

Among these, in 1942

The Second Battle of El Alamein,

The Eighth Army offensive, led by

Lieutenant-General Montgomery

Ending in an Allied victory

Which proved to be

The beginning of the end

Of the Western Desert Campaign.

Eliminating the Axis threat

To Egypt, the Suez Canal

And the Middle Eastern

And the Persian oil fields

 

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When they hear the recruiter’s call And they take the King’s shilling They’re trained and uniformed And marched towards the killing