Outcome: Allies halt Axis drive into Egypt. This was followed by a tense stand-off lasting until the Second Battle of El Alamein, with neither army giving up much ground. 'The battles for the last ...

The tide turned in the Allies' favour at the Second Battle of El Alamein in 1942. British General Montgomery spent months building up an overwhelming advantage in men and armour, before launching ...

Permission was at last granted for a withdrawal, beginning a headlong retreat across Libya, harried by the Allied air forces. This last battle of El Alamein was the first great Allied victory of the ...

Examining surviving Second World War structures provided insights into the Battle of El Alamein and the Allied ... After multiple defeats, it was the first real victory for the British Army ...

This book presents the full story of the desert victory that cleared a path into Europe during World War II. It was the British victory at the Battle of El Alamein in November 1942 that inspired one ...

The bell from El Alamein ... of the First World War and getting them back into work. Their sterling work continued after the Second World War when the Enham village was re-named Enham-Alamein ...

A huge dandelion of water commemorates the Battle of El Alamein in World War 2. The El Alamein Fountain in Fitzroy Gardens, King Cross was designed by Robert Woodward. It opened in 1961 as a memorial ...