Second Battle of El Alamein
The Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October–11 November 1942) was a decisive battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein. With the Allies victorious, it marked the watershed of the Western Desert Campaign. The First Battle of El Alamein, had prevented the Axis from advancing further into Egypt. In August 1942, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery took command of the Eighth Army following the sacking of General Claude Auchinleck and the death of his replacement Lieutenant-General William Gott in a plane crash.
101st Motorised Division Trieste
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1st Newcastle Engineers
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50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
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Second Battle of El Alamein
The Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October–11 November 1942) was a decisive battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein. With the Allies victorious, it marked the watershed of the Western Desert Campaign. The First Battle of El Alamein, had prevented the Axis from advancing further into Egypt. In August 1942, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery took command of the Eighth Army following the sacking of General Claude Auchinleck and the death of his replacement Lieutenant-General William Gott in a plane crash.
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A segunda Batalha de El Alamei ...... n, nunca tivemos uma derrota".
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De Tweede slag om El Alamein v ...... over van het Britse 8e Leger.
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Die zweite Schlacht von El Ala ...... d und das Ansehen Montgomerys.
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II bitwa pod El Alamein – punk ...... klęski hitlerowskich Niemiec.
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La Segunda Batalla de El Alame ...... en muchos escaparon a Sicilia.
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La seconda battaglia di El Ala ...... le forze dell'Asse in Tunisia.
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La seconde bataille d'El-Alame ...... es Germano-Italiens d'Afrique.
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The Second Battle of El Alamei ...... , which started on 8 November.
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Битва при Эль-Аламейне (Эль-Ал ...... действий Второй мировой войны.
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معركة العلمين الثانية (23 أكتو ...... طة تحول لحملة الصحراء الغربية.
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36,939 to 59,000 men (9,000 killed or missing, 15,000 wounded, 35,000 prisoners)
64 German and 20 Italian aircraft
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1942-11-11
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Allied victory
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1,029 tanks
1,451 anti-tank guns
116,000 men
192 armoured cars
195,000 men
435 armoured cars
496 anti-tank guns– 1,063
552 artillery pieces
730– 750 aircraft (530 serviceable)
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Bernard Montgomery, referring ...... the First Battle of El Alamein
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The History of the British 7th Armoured Division
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The Second Battle of El Alamein
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A segunda Batalha de El Alamei ...... n, nunca tivemos uma derrota".
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De Tweede slag om El Alamein v ...... over van het Britse 8e Leger.
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Die zweite Schlacht von El Ala ...... r deutsch-italienischen Seite
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II bitwa pod El Alamein – punk ...... klęski hitlerowskich Niemiec.
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La Segunda Batalla de El Alame ...... Auchinleck en agosto de 1942.
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La seconda battaglia di El Ala ...... nerale Bernard Law Montgomery.
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La seconde bataille d'El-Alame ...... nsive pour chasser les Germano
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The Second Battle of El Alamei ...... William Gott in a plane crash.
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Битва при Эль-Аламейне (Эль-Ал ...... действий Второй мировой войны.
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معركة العلمين الثانية (23 أكتو ...... ة تحول لحملة ��لصحراء الغربية.
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II bitwa pod El Alamein
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Second Battle of El Alamein
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Seconda battaglia di El Alamein
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Seconde bataille d'El Alamein
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Segunda Batalha de El Alamein
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Segunda Batalla de El Alamein
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Tweede slag om El Alamein
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Zweite Schlacht von El Alamein
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Второе сражение при Эль-Аламейне
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معركة العلمين الثانية
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