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    The First Battle of El Alamein (1–27 July 1942) was a battle of the Western Desert campaign of the Second World War, fought in Egypt between Axis (German...
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    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...
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  • El Alamein. First Battle of El Alamein: 1–27 July 1942 Second Battle of El Alamein: 23 October – 4 November 1942 In addition, the Battle of Alam el Halfa...
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    El Alamein (Arabic: العلمين, romanized: al-ʿAlamayn, lit. 'the two flags', IPA: [elʕælæˈmeːn] ) is a town in the northern Matrouh Governorate of Egypt...
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    Dispositions for the Second Battle of El Alamein The Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October – 11 November 1942) was a battle of the Second World War that...
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    The Battle of Alam el Halfa took place between 30 August and 5 September 1942 south of El Alamein during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World...
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    neared exhaustion, the Eighth Army checked the Axis advance at the First Battle of El Alamein. To support the Axis advance into Egypt, the planned attack on...
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  • Alamein or El Alamein may refer to: El Alamein, a town in Egypt First Battle of El Alamein, during World War II Second Battle of El Alamein, during World...
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  • refer to: First Battle of El Alamein Second Battle of El Alamein El Alamein (1953 film), an American war film El Alamein: The Line of Fire, a 2002 Italian...
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    Erwin Rommel (category Grand Officers of the Military Order of Savoy)
    abolishing the English-Jewish-American tyranny! On 1 July, the First Battle of El Alamein began. Rommel had around 100 available tanks. The Allies were...
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  • El Alamein: Battles in North Africa, 1942 is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1973 that simulates the final four months...
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    retreated to El Alamein, where the Eighth Army fought two defensive battles, then defeated the Axis forces in the Second Battle of El Alamein in October...
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    delaying actions until the First Battle of El Alamein in July, where the Axis advance was stopped. Both sides used the battle for propaganda, Winston Churchill...
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    First Battle of El Alamein in mid-1942 during which it was heavily depleted, and had to be rebuilt prior to its commitment to the Second Battle of El...
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  • 1st South African Infantry Division (category Infantry divisions of South Africa)
    Barr, Niall (2004). Pendulum of War: The Three Battles of El Alamein. London: Pimlico. Birkby, Carel (1950). The Saga of the Transvaal Scottish Regiment...
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    memorial at El Alamein is an Italian war cemetery, museum, and memorial to the Italian soldiers who fought at the two Battles of El Alamein in World War...
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    Bill Kibby (category Australian World War II recipients of the Victoria Cross)
    Battle of El Alamein in July. In October, the 2/48th Battalion was committed to the Second Battle of El Alamein, during which Kibby undertook a series of courageous...
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  • The Battle of El Alamein is a 1969 war film directed in 1969 by Giorgio Ferroni. It was an international co-production between Italy and France. The film...
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    133rd Armored Division "Littorio" (category Divisions of Italy in World War II)
    Second battle of El Alamein in November 1942. The 133rd Armored Division "Littorio" was formed on 6 November 1939 in Parma by reorganizing parts of the 4th...
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    to report to Rommel, Commander of the Afrika Korps. But since Rommel was 500 km away at the First Battle of El Alamein, it is unlikely that the two were...
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  • 22nd Battalion (New Zealand) (category Infantry battalions of New Zealand in World War II)
    First Battle of El Alamein during which they suffered heavy casualties at Ruweisat Ridge. Re-formed, the battalion later fought in the Second Battle of...
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  • New Alamein lies on the Mediterranean Sea, approximately 85 km west of Borg El Arab International Airport. Still under construction, New Alamein was conceived...
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    Second Battle of El Alamein. The division's lineage begins with the XII Brigade established in summer 1859 with the 21st and 22nd infantry regiments of the...
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    Stan Gurney (category Australian World War II recipients of the Victoria Cross)
    for the following deed. On 22 July 1942 at Tel-el-Eisa, Egypt, during the First Battle of El Alamein, intense machine-gun fire held up the company to...
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  • June 30: Battle of the El Alamein Box July 1-27: First Battle of El Alamein July 1–2: First Battle of the Coast Road July 1: Battle of Deir el Shein July...
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    commanded the British Eighth Army from August 1942, through the Second Battle of El Alamein and on to the final Allied victory in Tunisia in May 1943. He subsequently...
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    in both the first (July 1942) and second (November 1942) battles of El Alamein during World War II. Both were important for the course of the war. They...
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    20th Battalion (New Zealand) (category Infantry battalions of New Zealand in World War II)
    following month, the battalion suffered heavy casualties during the First Battle of El Alamein. In October 1942 the battalion was converted to an armoured unit...
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    George Barclay (RAF officer) (category Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom))
    Force fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War. He was killed in action during the First Battle of El Alamein. Barclay was born in South London...
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    9th Division (Australia) (category Infantry divisions of Australia)
    in the North African campaign, at the Siege of Tobruk and both the First and Second Battles of El Alamein, the 9th Division returned to Australia. In...
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