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“Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein, we never had a defeat.”
Provenance
- Source:
- The Second World War, Volume IV: The Hinge of Fate (1951) Chapter 33 (The Battle of Alamein)
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 7eb8bc95ec19151027ce73c33609a805f4d77bbf64c97c3cab9b7ab98ce722de
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