The Second Battle of El Alamein was fought from 23 October to 4 November 1942 near El Alamein, Egypt, in which the British Eighth Army under Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery defeated the Axis Panzerarmee Afrika under Erwin Rommel, forcing an Axis retreat from Egypt and Libya toward Tunisia. The battle marked the beginning of the end of the Western Desert Campaign and ended in an Allied victory. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Battle TypeOffensive battle (desert warfare) 1 Battle Type
Battle Type (category)Offensive / Combined-Arms 1 Connections
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Additional Source Wikipedia: Second Battle of El AlameinInfobox: Commanders (Allied)
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The Allied victory at El Alamein was the beginning of the end of the Western Desert Campaign. The battle ended the Axis threat to the Middle East and Iran and revived the morale of the western Allies, being their first large success against the Axis since Operation Crusader in late 1941.
Infobox: Date
23 October - 4 November 1942
Infobox: location
El Alamein, Egypt
Infobox: Result
Allied victory
Part Of: World War II, Infobox: part_of
the Western Desert campaign of the Second World War
Led By: Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Infobox: Commanders (Allied)
Bernard Montgomery
Led By: Erwin Rommel, References
Erwin Rommel
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