vocabulary words El Alamein 1

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Across
  1. 2. petrol, oil
  2. 5. Soldiers that fight together the same enemy
  3. 7. the town where it all happened
  4. 8. region that consists of 7 countries at the northernmost part of the continent Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara.
  5. 11. Depression a large area of sinking sand
  6. 15. a Field Marshal who was one of the most prominent and successful British commanders of the Second World War
  7. 16. the body of water that separates Europe, Africa and Asia.
  8. 17. another word for displace (a bit difficult but in the text)
  9. 18. part of the Islamic world, belongs to the African continent
Down
  1. 1. an Italian nationalist. He ruled Italy from 1922–1925 as Prime Minister, and from 1925–1943 as dictator.
  2. 3. an enclosed heavily armed and armoured combat vehicle that moves on sandy tracks.
  3. 4. a south African country that was under British and French occupation from 1943 to 1951.
  4. 6. a man-made waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean via the Red Sea. It enables a more direct route for shipping between Europe and Asia
  5. 9. another word for overtaking (a bit difficult but in the text)
  6. 10. a German army officer who rose to the rank of field marshal and earned fame at home and abroad for his leadership of Germany's Afrika Korps in North Africa during World War II.
  7. 12. a group of soldiers fighting together
  8. 13. another word for inhabitants (a bit difficult but in the text)
  9. 14. another word for the time being (a bit difficult)