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StreetAlamein AvenueSuburbCarlingfordDetailsThe Desert War in North Africa was never fought so fiercely as at El Alamein. The front was restricted, and both sides could build formidable defences. The German positions facing the 9th Division were shielded by a complex system of minefields, containing deadly devices. The Axis forces laid half a million mines in front of the Eighth Army at El Alamein. For the most part mine clearance was the work of the sapper, a digger who pitted his wit and deftness against the enemy. The 2/7th and 2/13th Field Engineer Companies of the 9th Division did this work. Defusing and lifting the mines was extremely dangerous and delicate, done in the dark under fire, while the sapper was on his belly.

SourceBadham, Peter (1988) North Africa 1940-1942: The Desert War, Australians at War, Time-Life Australia: Sydney, p. 154.Map^[1]

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