By Tom GillingAllen & Unwin, SydneyPaperback: 320 pagesPrice: $A34.99Available from the publisherReviewed by Anthony Staunton Alamein Victory The subtitle of Tom Gilling’s Start Digging, You Bastards! : The Turning Point of the Second World War is most apt. The German advance into Egypt followed Rommel’s capture of Tobruk in late June 1942. In the four months between July and November, the German advance was stopped, preparations for an offensive were organised and launched on October 23 without a breakthrough. The Australians took on the bitter struggle to draw the Germans out of position to allow planning for a new offensive on November 2.