Because it drove all Axis forces from North Africa and allowed the Allies access to the oil fields.
The Second Battle of El Alamein marked the turning point in the war between British forces and the German army .
The Battle of Gettysburg is usually noted as the turning point of the US Civil War.
the battle at El Alamein history paper? :)
The first battle of El Alamein (July, 1942) stopped the German advance into Egypt. The second battle of El Alamein (October,1942) proved to be the turning point of the North African war: it started the retreat of the German Afrika Korps that would continue all the way to Tunisia until its surrender.
Because the German tanks had been decisively beaten causing too much damage to repair and they also lacked air support.
The Second Battle of El Alamein in Egypt. Stalingrad was the turning point on the Eastern Front. El Alamein was the turning point in Africa. Midway was the turning point in the Pacific, and Normandy was the turning point on the Western Front.
the battle of El Alamein
The Second Battle of El Alamein marked the turning point in the war between British forces and the German army .
The Battle of El Alamein
The Battle of El Alamein
The Battle of Gettysburg is usually noted as the turning point of the US Civil War.
the battle at El Alamein history paper? :)
It marked the beginning of the U.S. land effort against Axes forces.
The July Battle was the turning point of Gettysburg war?
El Alamein. There were two battles of El Alamein separated by the battle of Alam Halfa. It was the turning point of the war, along with Stalingrad in the east. As Chuchill paraphrased ' Before Alamen we never had a victory, after Alamein we never had defeat'. Noy quite the truth , but the idea is there.
The Russians held out at Stalingrad for many months. The Battle of Stalingrad was a long, epic, very bloody battle. It was the first time that German forces had been defeated and started a Soviet offensive.
The battle at El Alamein was fought between German forces (Axis) and British. The outcome of the battle (a British victory) was a turning point in the war. It was said after the war, that before El Alamein, Britain never won a battle and after El Alamein it never lost one.