23 October 1942 · Africa
Second Battle of El Alamein
In October and November 1942, the British Eighth Army under Bernard Montgomery attacked Erwin Rommel’s Axis army in the prepared lines at El Alamein, on the Egyptian coast. The battle is the turning land action of the North African campaign.
Commanders
- Erwin Rommel · General
- Date
- 23 October 1942
- Place
- El Alamein · Egypt
- Region
- Africa