Battle of Alam el Halfa

Quando

30 de ago. de 1942 – 5 de set. de 1942

Tipo

Batalha

Coordenadas

30.67° N, 29.17° E

Description

1942 battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War

War

World War II

1942 battle of World War II

The Battle of Alam el Halfa took place between 30 August and 5 September 1942 south of El Alamein during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. Panzerarmee Afrika, attempted an envelopment of the British Eighth Army. In Unternehmen Brandung, the last big Axis offensive of the Western Desert Campaign, Rommel intended to defeat the Eighth Army before Allied reinforcements arrived.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “WWII: Battle of Alam el Halfa – British forces in the Western Desert resist a German attack under Erwin Rommel”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “Die Schlacht von Alam Halfa endet mit einem Sieg der verteidigenden britischen Armee und lässt die Initiative in Nordafrika endgültig an die Alliierten…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “dernière offensive allemande contre l’Égypte à Alam el Halfa”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte

• World War II1 de set. de 1939 · Guerra mundial · Mortes 75.000.000