There were no American generals or troops in the battles of El Alamein
Dwight EisenhowerNo. Dwight Eisenhower led British and American troops in Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa. El Alamein is in Egypt, and it was concluded shortly before Eisenhower landed in North Africa.
Because both Germans and British wanted control of the Suez Canal.
North Africa El Alamein is 150 miles west of Cairo.
The Battle of El Alamein took place in North Africa, specifically in the western desert region of Egypt.
'Before Alamein we never had a victory, after Alamein we never had a defeat'. Not quite the truth, but it does represent the fact that the ending of the threat to the middle east & Suez was an important factor in WW2. The whole of the war in North Africa is important because it leads to the Allies re entering Europe by Sicily & the Italian Peninsula. Rommels' Afrika Korps had won much territory through Libya & into Egypt, El Alamein marks the high water mark of this campaign of thrust & counter thrust. Montgomery would go on to become the premier British commander of the War. Added to by the Torch landings in Morocco & Algeria the Allies would converge in Tunisia & eventually remove the Axis from North Africa.
Dwight EisenhowerNo. Dwight Eisenhower led British and American troops in Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa. El Alamein is in Egypt, and it was concluded shortly before Eisenhower landed in North Africa.
The British and Commonwealth victory at Second El Alamein effectivley crushed the Afrika Korps and Luftwaffe in north Africa.
El Alamein
Churchill said, not quite the truth, but you get the point: 'Before Alamein we never had a victory, after Alamein we never had a defeat'. Alamein marked the most easterly movement of the Axis in North Africa in the same way as Stalingrad in Russia. North Africa was, in many ways, a sideshow in WW2, but it was vital to the British aided by the Commonwealth forces there. ***On A+LS its El Alamein
Churchill said, not quite the truth, but you get the point: 'Before Alamein we never had a victory, after Alamein we never had a defeat'. Alamein marked the most easterly movement of the Axis in North Africa in the same way as Stalingrad in Russia. North Africa was, in many ways, a sideshow in WW2, but it was vital to the British aided by the Commonwealth forces there. ***On A+LS its El Alamein
The Battle of El-Alamein.
The First Battle of El Alamein .
Because both Germans and British wanted control of the Suez Canal.
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.
The Battle of El Alamein was fought in North Africa between the German Afrika Corp led by Erwin Rommel and the British Eighth Army led by Bernard Montgomery.
There were several British Generals in North Africa. In 1940-43 British forces were commanded successively by Generals Wavell, Auchinleck and Alexander, under the last of whom Gen Montgomery commanded the 8th Army.
There were several British Generals in North Africa. In 1940-43 British forces were commanded successively by Generals Wavell, Auchinleck and Alexander, under the last of whom Gen Montgomery commanded the 8th Army.