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Battles of El-Alamein: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date July 1, 1942 - July 27, 1942 • October 23, 1942 - November 11, 1942
Location El-Alamein • Egypt
Participants Germany • Italy • United Kingdom
Context North Africa campaigns

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Italian POWs after the Second Battle of El-Alamein
Map showing the British and Axis military campaigns in North Africa during World War II, with labeled troop movements, key battles, and shifting front lines from Egypt across Libya to Tunisia along the Mediterranean coast. The map includes arrows and dates marking advances and retreats by both sides, and highlights major turning points and defensive lines.
British infantry soldiers advance through rocky terrain and thick clouds of smoke during the Battle of El Alamein in 1942.
Bernard Law Montgomery
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Erwin Rommel
Erwin Rommel
German field marshal
Bernard Law Montgomery
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery
British military commander

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