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Second battle of El Alamein

Second Battle of El Alamein
Part of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War
El Alamein 1942 - British infantry.jpg
24 October 1942: Soldiers of the 9th Australian Infantry Division in a posed attack. (Photographer: Len Chetwyn)
Date 23 October–11 November 1942
Location El Alamein, Egypt
Result Decisive Allied victory
Belligerents
Axis:
 Germany
 Italy

Allies:
 United Kingdom

 Australia
 New Zealand
 South Africa
 Free French Forces
 Kingdom of Greece
 United States
Commanders and leaders
Nazi Germany Georg Stumme 
Nazi Germany Ritter von Thoma (POW)
Kingdom of Italy Ettore Bastico
United Kingdom Harold Alexander
United Kingdom Bernard Montgomery
Strength
116,000 men
547 tanks
192 armoured cars
770 – 900 aircraft (480 serviceable)
552 artillery pieces
496 anti-tank guns – 1,063
195,000 men
1,029 tanks
435 armoured cars
730 – 750 aircraft (530 serviceable)
892 – 908 artillery pieces
1,451 anti-tank guns
Casualties and losses
36,939 to 59,000 men (9,000 killed or missing, 15,000 wounded, 35,000 prisoners)
c. 500 tanks
254 guns
64 German and 20 Italian aircraft
13,560 men (4,810 killed or missing, 8,950 wounded)
332–c. 500 tanks
111 guns
77 British and 20 American aircraft
External images
The Second Battle of El Alamein
Battle of El Alamein: map of the battlefield dynamics
Battle of El Alamein: map of initial dispositions

Allies:
 United Kingdom

The Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October–11 November 1942) was a decisive battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein. With the Allies victorious, it marked the watershed of the Western Desert Campaign. The First Battle of El Alamein had prevented the Axis from advancing further into Egypt. In August 1942, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery took command of the Eighth Army following the sacking of General Claude Auchinleck and the death of his replacement Lieutenant-General William Gott in a plane crash.

The British victory turned the tide in the North African Campaign and ended the Axis threat to Egypt, the Suez Canal and the Middle Eastern and Persian oil fields via North Africa. The Second Battle of El Alamein revived the morale of the Allies, being the first big success against the Axis since Operation Crusader in late 1941. The battle coincided with the Allied invasion of French North Africa in Operation Torch, which started on 8 November, as well as the Battle of Stalingrad and the Guadalcanal Campaign.


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