November 10: British victories in Egypt

Referring to the Allies’ successes in Egypt and Africa, Churchill said, "This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.... I have not become the King’s first minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire."

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