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Fabricated Stories About World War II Still Known by Many

Khalid Elhassan November 15, 2019 35 min

Australian troops advancing on a German position under the cover of a smokescreen during the Battle of El Alamein. The Atlantic

30. The Impact of an Axis Victory in Egypt

If the Axis had won in North Africa and conquered Egypt, they would have interdicted the Suez Canal. That would have seriously discomfited the British and their supply lines to India and Asia, but it would not have severed them.

At various times, the Axis had managed to make the Mediterranean too hazardous for Allied shipping, and forced the British to reroute their supply convoys around Africa and the Cape of Good Hope. It took longer, but the supplies still reached their destination.

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Khalid Elhassan

A lifelong history buff, I developed a particular passion for WW2 history as a child, when I spent hours listening to my grandfather, enraptured, as he recounted his wartime experiences in the British East African Campaign and with the British 8th Army in North Africa.

I graduated with a history BA from George Mason University, then went on to get a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. After lawyering for a decade, I moved to sunny Rio de Janeiro and a less demanding career, opening a tourism agency in Copacabana.

A big chunk of my free time is spent blogging (you can follow me on Quora https://www.quora.com/profile/Khalid-Elhassan ) or freelance writing, mostly about my favorite subject, history.