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    Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October – 11 November 1942) was a battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El...
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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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    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 took...
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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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    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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    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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  • film depicts the Second Battle of El Alamein. Made with the cooperation of the Italian army, the film is told through a company of the 185th Paratroopers...
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  • 185th Paratroopers Division "Folgore" (category Airborne divisions of Italy)
    in the Western Desert Campaign and was destroyed during the Second Battle of El Alamein in early November 1942. On 20 March 1938 the first Italian Parachuting...
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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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  • War of Independence. The battle has been described as being the largest battle in Africa since the Second Battle of El Alamein. It has been described as...
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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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    Georg Stumme (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross)
    Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during the Second World War who briefly commanded the Axis forces at the beginning of the Second Battle of El Alamein, and died...
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  • El Alamein - The Line of Fire (Italian: El Alamein - La linea del fuoco, also known as El Alamein: Bond of Honour) is a 2002 Italian war-drama film written...
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    Leslie Morshead (category Australian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George)
    During the Second World War, he led the Australian and British troops at the Siege of Tobruk (1941) and at the Second Battle of El Alamein, achieving...
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    Enrico Frattini (category Italian military personnel of World War I)
    185th Paratroopers Division "Folgore" during the second battle of El Alamein, and the second commander of Allied Land Forces Southern Europe in the 1950s...
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    Erwin Rommel (category Grand Officers of the Military Order of Savoy)
    superiority and lack of fuel meant Rommel was forced to take a more defensive posture than he would have liked for the second Battle of El Alamein. The German...
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    Herbert Lumsden (category Companions of the Order of the Bath)
    over the Miteiriya Ridge during the Second Battle of El Alamein failed. Despite having agreed to Montgomery's battle plan, Lumsden believed it was impossible...
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    XXX Corps (United Kingdom) (category Corps of the British Army in World War II)
    service in the North African Campaign and many of its units were in action at the Second Battle of El Alamein in late 1942. It then took part in the Tunisia...
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    102nd Motorized Division "Trento" (category Infantry divisions of Italy in World War II)
    served in the Western Desert Campaign and was destroyed in the Second Battle of El Alamein in November 1942. The division's lineage begins with the Brigade...
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  • Supercharge during the Second Battle of El Alamein of World War II. The game was originally published as part of the Four Battles in North Africa "quadrigame"...
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    132nd Armored Division "Ariete" (category Divisions of Italy in World War II)
    the Western Desert Campaign until being destroyed during the Second Battle of El Alamein and declared lost due to wartime events on 8 December 1942. On...
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  • The End of the Beginning may refer to: A quotation from a 1942 speech by Winston Churchill concerning the Second Battle of El Alamein End of the Beginning...
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    Fred Baker (soldier) (category New Zealand Companions of the Distinguished Service Order)
    conclusion of the operation, the exploits of Baker's command were recognised. The battalion then fought in the Second Battle of El Alamein. Initially...
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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 Alamein...
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    22nd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom) (category Armoured brigades of the British Army)
    First Alamein and Alam el Halfa. It then joined the 7th Armoured Division (the 'Desert Rats') for the Second Battle of El Alamein. It remained part of 7th...
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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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    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...
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    the Second Battle of El Alamein. After the Second Italian War of Independence the Austrian Empire had to cede the Lombardy region of the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia...
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    It was the first big operation by the Eighth Army since the Second Battle of El Alamein 4+1⁄2 months previously. On 19 March 1943, Operation Pugilist...
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