A machine gun crew photographed soon after the Australians had repulsed a German attack upon a ridge at
El Alamein, November 1942.

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More than 13,500 men in the British 8th Army were killed, wounded or missing at the Battle of El Alamein, including 2,694 Australians from the 9th Division. This section includes images and artworks about this battle.

Bibliography

Barton Maughan, Australia in the War of 1939-1945: Series One, Army, Vol III - Tobruk and El Alamein, Canberra, 1966.

John Herington, Australian in the War of 1939-1945; Series Three, Air, Vol III - Air war against Germany and Italy, 1939-1943, Canberra, 1954.

Mark Johnston and Peter Stanley, Alamein: the Australian story, South Melbourne, 2002.

Mark Johnston, That magnificent 9th: an illustrated history of the 9th Australian Infantry Division, 1940-46, St Leonards, 2002.

Richard Reid, El Alamein, Egypt: October-November 1942, Canberra, 2002.

Operation CLICK: Anzac to Kokoda

is a classroom resource which draws on and encourages the use of the following Veterans' Affairs websites:
• Australia’s War 1939–1945 – www.ww2australia.gov.au
• Visit Gallipoli – www.anzacsite.gov.au

You may download Work sheets - provided in PDF file format.

The resource book and CD-ROM package contains lessons that can be used in many contexts in History and Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE) classrooms. They were written by experienced history teachers with three aims in mind:

• to provide both beginning and experienced teachers with lessons using the two websites as core resources
• to invite teachers to explore more effective ways of encouraging their students to incorporate ICT skills into their classroom learning activities
• to provide exciting and original lessons that will encourage young Australians to learn more about Australia’s wartime heritage through the stories and images provided on the two websites.