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Originally Posted by Ray
Slim was another great! He actually started the win in the East when all had given up hope. He did not get his deserved share of glory. Was it because of the then British class snob discrimination? Many a book give Slim a left handed compliment about his being from the lower middle class background!
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Sir,
Some suggest that he faced some discrimination because he was from the British Indian Army and not British Army. Besides his victory was in some far off jungle country, while El Alamine was closer home near the Mediterranean Sea and in the limelight.