The Consequences of the North African Campaign

El Alamein

El Alamein is a small town in the Egyptian desert. It was there that on October 23-24, 1942, a decisive battle between a German army and a British army led to the defeat of the Germans under the command of General Erwin Rommel, who had won so many battles in North Africa that the media called him “the desert fox.” The British were commanded by General Sir Bernard Montgomery, the third commander of the British forces in Africa. Both of his predecessors had lost to Rommel, but Montgomery understood Rommel’s “Blitzkrieg” methods, and using defensive tactics, prevented the Germans from entering Egypt and going on to Israel with the intent of killing the entire Jewish population there.

During the months from September 1939 until the end of the Second World War in 1945, the Germans always sent so called “Einsatzgruppen” into all countries they had occupied. These “Einsatzgruppen” (dedicated units) were dedicated to killing all the Jews in the country they had occupied.

It was therefore intended that the Germans, on capturing Israel, which then consisted of both sides of the Jordan River, would be followed by Arab units to kill all Jews. Arab units were available to do the killing because the British “High Commissioner” who was governing Israel was Herbert Samuel, a Jew, who had appointed Amin El Husseini Mufti of Jerusalem.

The British Army under General Allenby had defeated the Turks, who had governed Israel since 1453. Turkey was allied with Germany during the First World War.

The German plan was to defeat the British army, capture Cairo, and then enter Israel by way of the Sinai desert. Husseini was appointed to organize German style death camps in which to gas the entire Jewish community in Israel.

Amin el Husseini, a malicious hater of Jews, had moved to Berlin during the Second World War, where he met Hitler. He told Hitler to kill all Jews “wherever you can find them.” El Husseini also met with Adolf Eichmann, the organizer of deportations which sent all European Jews to the east European gas chambers. He urged Eichmann to kill more Jews and studied with Eichmann how to build death camps in Israel. El Husseini also met with the head of the Schutzstaffel, or SS, who ran all the death camps, in order to learn how to organize the camps and kill large numbers of Jews each day.

If the Germans had won the battle of El Alamein, Israel would never have come into existence. Therefore that battle was very important in Jewish history, particularly since numerous Israelis fought with the British.

When the Germans lost the Second World War in 1945, a large number of German  Nazis  moved to Egypt or South America. These killers were often aided by the Roman Catholic church, which furnished them with fake passports and money. Those who moved to Egypt became advisors to Gamal Abdel Nasser, an Egyptian officer, who overthrew the king of Egypt and made himself dictator.

Husseini also moved to Egypt, where he continued his efforts to kill Jews by encouraging the Egyptians to use their Russian made planes, tanks, and guns in an all out assault on Israel. For some time in 1966 and 1967, the Egyptians, in alliance with Syria and so called Jordan (i.e. eastern Israel) were broadcasting Hebrew messages into Israel promising a bloodbath of Jews to be slaughtered Nazi style, as Syria and Jordan were ready to participate in the mass murder. Because the world had become accustomed to seeing Jews as defensless victims, it was assumed by the media that they would shortly see huge piles of Jewish corpses in the streets of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

As all the world knows today, the Israelis, under the command of Moshe Dayan, wiped out the Egyptian Air Force in a few hours on June 5, 1967, and then  continued to defeat a far greater Egyptian army as well as the Syrians, Jordanians , Lebanese, Saudis, and others seeking to enrich themselves on the property of the Jews they intended to murder.

The so called “Six Day War” was followed by the Yom Kippur War, with similar results, so that, with the aid of President Trump, several Arab states have now recognized Israel. This wonderful development rests on the Battle of El Alamein and on the help of “Shem Yisborach,” whose Torah prophets  have  promised mankind that those who bless Israel will be blessed. Thus, Israel and the Jewish people have survived again and again, for we are an eternal people which no human effort can destroy. That is the great lesson of El Alamein and the battle   which shall never be forgotten.  

Shalom u'vracha.

 Dr. Gerhard Falk is the author of numerous publications, including The American Jewish Community in the 20th and 21st Century (2021).

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