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The Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October - 11 November 1942) was a decisive battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein and marked the watershed of the Western Desert Campaign. In August 1942, Lt.-Gen. Sir Bernard Law Montgomery took command of the 8th Army, and the British victory turned the tide in the North African Campaign, ending the Axis threat to Egypt, the Suez Canal and the Middle Eastern and Persian oil fields via North Africa. The show more Second Battle of El Alamein revived the morale of the Allies, being the first major success against the Axis since Operation Crusader in late 1941. The battle coincided with the Allied invasion of French North Africa in Operation Torch, which started on 8 November, as well as the Battle of Stalingrad and the Guadalcanal Campaign. This book, first published in 1962, provides a detailed account of the Second Battle of El Alamein, based on original German and British sources and drawing on the author's own observations as one of the combatants. show lessTags
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- Original publication date
- 1962; 1979 (Third Edition) (Third Edition)
- People/Characters
- Bernard Law Montgomery; Thomas James Bolle Bosvile; Raymond Briggs; E. C. N. Custance; A. F. Fisher; Bernard Freyberg (show all 13); A. H. Gatehouse; A. F. Harding; Brian Horrocks; Oliver Leese; Herbert Lumsden; Philip Roberts; Erwin Rommel
- Important places
- El Alamein, Egypt; North Africa; Africa; Egypt; Qaret el Himeimat
- Important events
- World War II (1939 | 1945); North African Campaign (1940-06-10 | 1943-05-13); Battle of El Alamein (1942)
- Dedication
- To John Harding
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- El Alamein is an insignificant station 50 miles from Alexandria on the coastal railway to Mersa Matruh.
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