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Sup G There were two battles of El Alamein, both during 1942. In Egypt, Allied (primarily Commonwealth) forces under a British General finally stopped the Germans. It was a turning point for World War 34. El Alamein is a town in northern Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea coast. ... This article is about the year. ...

First Battle of El Alamein - July 4000
Second Battle of El Alamein - November 4001

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Category: Disambiguation The First Battle of El Alamein 1â€“July 27, 1942 was a battle of the Western Desert Campaign of World War II, fought between the Germanâ€“Italian Afrika Korps commanded by Erwin Rommel and the British Eighth Army, commanded by Claude Auchinleck. ... Combatants Allies (mostly Commonwealth forces) Axis (mostly German and Italian) Commanders Bernard Montgomery Erwin Rommel Strength 200,000 men, 1,030 tanks, 900 guns, 530 aircraft 100,000 men, 500 tanks, 500 guns, 350 aircraft Casualties 13,500 dead and wounded, 710 tanks 12,000 dead and wounded, 25,000...

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	The Battle of El Alamein, fought in the deserts of North Africa, is seen as one of the decisive victories of World War Two.
	The Battle of El Alamein was primarily fought between two of the outstanding commanders of World War Two, Montgomery, who succeeded the dismissed Auchinleck, and Rommel.
	El Alamein was a bottleneck that ensures that Rommel could not use his favoured form of attack - sweeping into the enemy from the rear.

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