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11 unusual facts about El Alamein


Corps of Royal New Zealand Military Police

Major E.W. Hayton was awarded the DSO for outstanding Provost Duties at the Battle of El Alamein as Assistant Provost Marshal, while Major R.R.J. Jenkin was commanding the NZ Divisional Provost Company at the same battle.

Denis Johnston

During the Second World War he served as a BBC war correspondent, reporting from El Alamein to Buchenwald.

El Alamein

Enham Alamein (village in Hampshire in England, renamed after the battle)

El Alamein Fountain

Both were important for the course of the war; the first battle, fought in July 1942, halted the advance of Axis forces into Egypt and the second, fought in October and November 1942, routed them, and is considered a turning point in the Western Desert Campaign.

Francis Gillingham

He served from El Alamein onwards and later returned to Oxford under Sir Hugh Cairns.

Gentlemen, history returns

In the second verse the song describe the participation of the Palmach in the battls of El Alamein the Western Desert, it also describe the plan to defend the Jewish settlement in Palestine from the Nazi Afrika Korps in case of a British withdraw from Egypt with improvised weapon.

Knights of the Desert

For example, players can play as either the Axis or Allies in 1941 when Rommel bypassed Tobruk or again in 1942 when he had captured it or on the eve of El Alamein.

Ordnance ML 4.2 inch Mortar

The first combat use was at El Alamein, which expended all the HE ammunition in the theatre.

Rats of Tobruk Memorial

However, the town was continuously contested until the Allied victory at El Alamein in 1942.

The Battle of El Alamein

At the First Battle of El Alamein (July 1 – July 27, 1942) the advance of Axis troops on Alexandria was blunted by the Allies.

At the Second Battle of El Alamein (October 23 – November 4, 1942) Allied forces broke the Axis line and forced them in a retreat that pushed them all the way back to Tunisia.


Desert Victory

This documentary traces the struggle between General Erwin Rommel and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, from the German's defeat at El Alamein to Tripoli.