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El Alamein

30.83°N 28.95°E2 titles

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What happened here

At this railway halt between the sea and the impassable Qattara Depression, Britain's Eighth Army stopped Rommel's advance on Egypt in July 1942. Under Montgomery it then launched the Second Battle of El Alamein on 23 October 1942, a set-piece assault through deep minefields. By 11 November the Axis army was in full retreat, and Churchill hailed the victory as 'the end of the beginning'.

Films and series set in El Alamein

  1. Five Graves to Cairo

    1943 · Film

    Here in the story

    1. Battle

      The fate of Rommel's drive on Cairo is decided on the El Alamein line, where Bramble's secret is put to use.

  2. The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

    1951 · Film

    Here in the story

    1. Battle

      Outnumbered and short of fuel, Rommel receives Hitler's order to fight to the last man and decides to disobey it.

Events at El Alamein

  1. Battle

    Second Battle of El Alamein

    Montgomery's Eighth Army broke through Rommel's German and Italian forces in the Egyptian desert. The victory removed the threat to the Suez Canal and began the Axis retreat from North Africa.

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