Second Battle of El Alamein

When

23 Oct 1942 – 11 Nov 1942

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

30.84° N, 28.94° E

Description

1942 major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War

War

World War II

Battle in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War

The Second Battle of El Alamein was a battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein. The First Battle of El Alamein and the Battle of Alam el Halfa had prevented the Axis from advancing further into Egypt.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: Second Battle of El Alamein: British troops go on the offensive against the Axis forces”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Briten unter Bernard Montgomery setzen bei El-Alamein zum Gegenangriff an – noch später als es Auchinleck vorgeschlagen hat”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début de la seconde bataille d’El Alamein”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Фактическое окончание сражения при Эль-Аламейне, считающейся решающей битвой на североафриканском театре военных действий Второй мировой войны”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “第二次阿拉曼战役。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• World War II1 Sep 1939 · World war · Deaths 75,000,000