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The Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October – 11 November 1942) was a battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein. The First Battle of El Alamein and the Battle of Alam el Halfa had prevented the Axis from advancing further into Egypt. The Allied victory was the beginning of the end of the ...
There were two Battles of El Alamein in World War II, both fought in 1942. The battles occurred during the North African campaign in Egypt, in and around an area named after a railway stop called El Alamein. First Battle of El Alamein: 1–27 July 1942; Second Battle of El Alamein: 23 October – 4 November 1942
The First Battle of El Alamein and the Battle of Alam el Halfa had prevented the Axis from advancing further into Egypt. In October 1942 Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery, commander of Eighth Army, opened his offensive against the Axis forces. In a 13-day battle the Axis Panzerarmee Afrika was crushed and forced to retreat from Egypt and ...
El Alamein is a two-player game in which one player controls the Allies, and the other player controls the Axis. The game uses the "Kursk" game system, first developed for Kursk: Operation Zitadelle (1971), [2] a traditional "I Go, You Go" alternating turn system for movement and combat: Initial Movement Phase; Combat Phase; Mechanized Movement ...
British troops dig in at El Alamein during the battle, 4 July 1942 An attempt to drive the Eighth Army out of the Alamein position took place in the First Battle of El Alamein (1–27 July 1942). After four days Rommel called off the attempt due to the strength of the Eighth Army defence, depleted Axis supplies and dwindling forces, with German ...
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[32] [33] [34] This was followed by the First Battle of El Alamein and heavy tank losses resulted in some regiments being temporarily amalgamated; for example, the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment and the 5th Royal Tank Regiment became the 3rd/5th Royal Tank Regiment until they were eventually rebuilt as separate entities. Tank strength fluctuated due ...
Churchill returned to Egypt in late August, following the Moscow conference and spent two days with the Eighth Army culminating with his report that there had been "a complete change of atmosphere" within the army. [46] At the end of August and stretching into September, the Eighth Army defeated the next Axis offensive, the Battle of Alam el Halfa.