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| 3 | ''El Alamein no Shinden'' also known as ''The Temple of El Alamein'' is a compilation of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII short stories from the perspective of the German military personnel, illustrated by Yukinobu Hoshino, of ''Manga/TwoThousandOneNights'', ''Manga/KodokuExperiment'', ''Manga/{{Stardust Memories|Manga}}'' and ''Manga/HorobishiKemonotachiNoUmi''. The manga ran from 1996 to 1998 in ''Comic Birz''. |
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| 5 | As the saying goes, the winner writes history, and these stories are the untold, unwritten part of the history of WWII. Taking place between 1940 and 1945, when the war was at its most violent peak, each story takes place in a different part of the world where Germans were fighting. |
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| 8 | !!Tropes included in this work include: |
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| 10 | %%* AcePilot: Lt. Reinefarth in ''Where Eagles Dare'' |
| 11 | * AlternateHistory: ''Temple of El Alamein'', sorta. [[spoiler: The Germans find murals and mummified dinosaurs depicting they were used to build the pyramids, but eventually died out due to climate changes.]] |
| 12 | ** ''National Shame Manga'' is a true AlternateHistory. |
| 13 | * CaptainErsatz: Commander Douglas Berserk is a combination of both Gen. Douglas [=MacArthur=] and Col. Sanders, yes, that [[UsefulNotes/KentuckyFriedChicken Colonel Sanders]]. |
| 14 | %%* EagleLand: Flavor 2 for ''National Shame Manga'' |
| 15 | %%* GratuitousEnglish: Commander Douglas Berserker, in ''National Shame Manga'' |
| 16 | * TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: The premise of the whole series, but specially ''[=SeaLion=]'' having [[spoiler:singlehandedly stopping the German invasion of the UK, by accident!]]. |
| 17 | %%%%* UsefulNotes/NaziGermany |
| 18 | * SelfParody: ''National Shame Manga'' regarding Japan and UsefulNotes/WorldWarII |
| 19 | %%* SubStory: In ''[=SeaLion=]'' |
| 20 | %%* TakeThat: ''National Shame Manga'' does this to both Japan and the US. |
| 21 | %%* TankGoodness: ''Temple of El Alamein'' |
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