Makim, Tom (Private, b.1922)

Place Africa: North Africa, Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area
Accession Number PR00269
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 item
Object type Letter
Maker Makim, Tom
Date made 1942
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM371 93/0407
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Letter written to his father prior to the battle of El Alamein, commenting on the relative strengths of the opposing forces for the impending battle, the role of the Air Force, and his changing attitude to the war and army life.