Almost 400,000 people fought in the 2 nd battle of El Alamein.
To gain ownership of the Suez Canal.
Near El Alamein. (Surprised?) El Alamein is a town in Egypt on the Mediterranean coast. It's about 100 km west of Alexandria.
The Battle of El Alamein was a tank and artillery battle between the British Eighth Army led by Bernard Montgomery and the German Afrika Corps led by Erwin Rommel.
Because both Germans and British wanted control of the Suez Canal.
Almost 400,000 people fought in the 2 nd battle of El Alamein.
To gain ownership of the Suez Canal.
Near El Alamein. (Surprised?) El Alamein is a town in Egypt on the Mediterranean coast. It's about 100 km west of Alexandria.
The Battle of El Alamein was a tank and artillery battle between the British Eighth Army led by Bernard Montgomery and the German Afrika Corps led by Erwin Rommel.
The Battle of El Alamein was fought in the deserts of North Africa and is considered one of the decisive victories of World War Two. This battle was fought between British General Montgomery and the German's General Rommel. The Allied victory at El Alamein led to the retreat of Hitler's Afrika Korps and the German surrender in North Africa in May 1943.
El Alamein and Tobruk. Google them.
The British pushed back the Germans and Italians at El Alamein in WWII.
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.
The battle of El Alamein in northern Egypt. The First Battle of El Alamein (1-27 July 1942) was a battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, fought between Axis forces of the Panzer Army Africa commanded by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, and Allied forces of the British Eighth Army commanded by General Claude Auchinleck. The battle halted the second advance by the Axis forces into Egypt, El Alamein being only 66 mi (106 km) from Alexandria.
There were two Battles of El Alamein in 1942, both of them victories for the British. No American troops participated. Other Commonwealth forces (New Zealanders, Indians, South Africans) fought on the British side aong with Free French and Greeks. The First Battle of El Alamein was won by Sir Claude Auchinlech. The Second battle of El Alamein was won by Viscount Bernard Montgomery.
Because both Germans and British wanted control of the Suez Canal.
El Alamein was a tank battle fought in Egypt during World War 2 between Britain's Eighth Army led by Bernard Montgomery and Germany's Afrika Corp led by Erwin Rommel for access to oil supplies in the region.