Military stories. Excursions across Cairo and Egypt and military headquarters in Egypt
The trip to Egypt in July can be combined with survey Garden City. During the 2nd world war the huge part Garden City was occupied by military establishments. The main headquarters has promptly overstepped the bounds of «Grey columns» and has occupied all area where there were other flats in Egypt. R.A.Bagnold has suggested to make Group of far act in the desert which courageous raids (together with paraborne parts (SAS) of David Sterling) behind enemy lines became a legend. For Shary Rustrum in SOE headquarters (Management on special operations) were planned military operations from Yugoslavia to Libya, here among others worked as Fittsra McLean, Eveleen Vo and Patrick Ley Fermor. In the house No. 13 on Shary Ibrahim pasha Nagib there lived writer Olivia Manning and her spouse Reggie (Gui Pringli's model in «War falsities»). Over them there lived Sterling Peter's brother at whom in the flat overflowed with grasped equipment, parties were arranged. On their people discussed war and Egypt in world economy. English composure has given failure only once when the German African case, appear, just about should grasp Alexandria and move to Cairo. In day of «The ashy environment» (on July 1, 1942) the main headquarters and embassy burnt down the documents, having shrouded Garden City in a smoke. The burnt hidden documents turned in air and drop on streets, where dealers of a peanut selected them to curtail from their bags. To behold these well-known places it is possible, having bought Egypt Cairo excursions.
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