ALAMEIN, EL

ĕl ăləmānˈ, älə– or Al Alamaynäl älămānˈ, town, N Egypt, on the Mediterranean Sea. It was the site of a decisive British victory in World War II (see North Africa, campaigns in). In preparation for an attack by German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel from Libya (begun May 26, 1942) the British forces retreated into Egypt and by June 30 had set up a defense line extending 35 mi (56 km) from Alamein S to the Qattara Depression, a badland which could neither be crossed nor flanked. If this position had fallen, the British might have lost Alexandria and been forced to withdraw from North Africa. In August, Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery took command of the 8th Army. The British offensive opened on Oct. 23 with tremendous air and artillery bombardments. Montgomery's forces cleared the German minefields and on Nov. 1 and 2 burst through the German lines near the sea and forced a swift Axis retreat out of Egypt, across Libya, and into E Tunisia. Egypt was definitely saved, and with the landing on Nov. 7 and 8 of American troops in Algeria the Axis soon suffered (May, 1943) total defeat in North Africa. For his victory Montgomery was made a viscount with the title Montgomery of Alamein.

See studies by M. Carver (1962) and J. Latimer (2002).

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books on: Alamein El  - 594 results

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The Last Man Standing: Herb Ashby and the Battle of El Alamein
Book by Peter Dornan; Allen & Unwin, 2006
Subjects: Ashby, Herb, Australia--Australian Army--Biography, Australia--Australian Army--Infantry Battalion, 2/48th--History, El Alamein, Battle Of, Egypt, 1942, Soldiers--Australia--Biography, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Egypt
...27 4 The Salient 45 5 Lebanon 53 Part II Little El Alamein 6 Shammama 71 7 Hill of Jesus 93 8 Tel el Eisa 100 9 Prelude to El Alamein 127 Part III-El Alamein 10 The First Punch 145 11 Trig 29 156 12 Consolidation...
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Montgomery as Military Commander
Book by Ronald Lewin; Combined Publishing, 1998
Subjects: Generals--Great Britain--Biography, Great Britain--Army--Biography, Montgomery Of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery--Viscount--1887-1976--Military Leadership
...observe how often his battles ended with a diminuendo Alamein, El Hamma, Akarit, Falaise, Arnhem. A pattern seems to...He describes the object of his counter-stroke in El Alamein to the River Sangro : I decided to thin out in 30 Corps...
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Eisenhower versus Montgomery: The Continuing Debate
Book by G. E. Patrick Murray; Greenwood Press, 1996
Subjects: Eisenhower, Dwight D--(Dwight David)--1890-1969, Generals--United States--Biography, Marshals--Great Britain--Biography, Montgomery Of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery--Viscount--1887-1976, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front
...Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein London: Collins, 1958 , 540. 2...1942. 5. Ibid., 116-39 , for El Alamein; for dual command, see 210-50...Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Reel 11, BLM 126/9, IWM. Montgomery...
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Montgomery and 'Colossal Cracks': The 21st Army Group in Northwest Europe, 1944-45
Book by Stephen Ashley Hart; Praeger Publishers, 2000
Subjects: Allied Forces--Army Group, 21st--History, Montgomery Of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery--Viscount--1887-1976, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front
...been the hallmark of the Montgomery method even before El Alamein, and it led to the concentrate-start-stop-rebuild...Korps to escape destruction during its retreat after El Alamein. In Normandy, Montgomery sent Kit Dawnay to the War...
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The Sword and the Olive: A Critical History of the Israeli Defense Force
Book by Martin Van Creveld; PublicAffairs, 1998
Subjects: Israel--Armed Forces--History, Israel--Tseva Haganah Le-Yiasra?El--History
...in the Middle East. When the Afrika Korps arrived at El Alamein in late July 1942, it was down to exactly nineteen operational...survive the period of greatest danger. The Battle of El Alamein opened on October 23, 1942, and ended with mostly British...
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Pendulum of War: The Three Battles of El Alamein
Journal article by Dennis E. Showalter; The Historian, Vol. 68, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Pendulum of War: The Three Battles of El Alamein (Book)--Book reviews
...Pendulum of War: The Three Battles of El Alamein. by Dennis E. Showalter Pendulum of War: The Three Battles of El Alamein. By Niall Barr. (Woodstock, N...531. $35.00.) The Battle of El Alamein has attracted the recent attention...
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Alamein: The Australian Story
Journal article by Ian Mcgibbon; New Zealand International Review, Vol. 28, 2003
Subjects: Alamein: the Australian Story (Book)
...Egypt to commemorate the Battle of El Alamein, joining dignitaries from other...Australias part in the fighting at El Alamein, not only in the victorious battle...referred to as the First Battle of El Alamein) that halted the Italian-German...
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Fortuitous Endeavor: Intelligence and Deception in Operation Torch
Journal article by John Patch; Naval War College Review, Vol. 61, 2008
Subjects: Armed forces, Invasions, Oil fields, Task forces
...tide against the Axis powers. At El Alamein, a British offensive defeated General...success of the British offensive at El Alamein by disclosing specific tactics and...circulated on the British victory at El Alamein would demonstrate an Allied victory...
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Major Convoy Operation to Malta, 10-15 August 1942 (Operation Pedestal)
Journal article by Milan Vego; Naval War College Review, Vol. 63, 2010
...until the great Allied victory at El Alamein in November 1942, which turned the...the inconclusive first battle of El Alamein. However, the Germans intensified...1942, the Axis lost the Battle of El Alamein and the tide of war in North Africa...
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The Rommel Myth
Journal article by James R. Robinson; Military Review, Vol. 77, 1997
Subjects: Military engagements, Military history, Military officers, Military strategy, North Africa, Rommel, Erwin (1891-1944)
...campaign until the withdrawal from El Alamein two years later, Rommel never offered...Germans could not have gone on to El Alamein. Time after time, Rommels initial...building rapidly. Several days after El Alamein, the US Torch landings occurred...
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El Alamein, the People's Battle: Michael Paris Describes the Film Record of the North African Victory, and How the Footage Represents a Tour De Force in Terms of Wartime Documentary and National Effort
Magazine article by Michael Paris; History Today, Vol. 52, October 2002
Subjects: Battle of El Alamein, 1942--History, Battle of El Alamein, 1942--Media coverage, Desert warfare, Documentary films, United Kingdom. Army--History, War photography
El Alamein, the peoples battle: Michael Paris describes...advantage. Finally, at the third Battle of El Alamein in October 1942, the British Eighth Army...that would drive the Axis from Africa. El Alamein was the turning point in North Africa...
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El Alamein Revisited
Magazine article by Robert S. Redmond; Contemporary Review, Vol. 286, March 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Pendulum of War: The Three Battles of el Alamein (Book)--Book reviews
El Alamein Revisited. by Robert S. Redmond Pendulum of War: The Three Battles of el Alamein. Niall Barr. Jonathan Cape. pounds sterling20...an impression that after falling back to El Alamein, we were cowed and defeated. Then, it...
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Desert Warfare: Jo Woolley and David Smurthwaite of the National Army Museum Look at Desert Warfare in the Second World War and More Widely
Magazine article by Jo Wolley, David Smurthwaite; History Today, Vol. 52, October 2002
Subjects: Desert warfare, North Africa Campaign, 1940-1942--History, United Kingdom. Army--History
...some 450,000 mines during operations around El Alamein. The weeks before El Alamein saw the Eighth Army finally gain a significant...by moonlight on October 23rd, the battle of El Alamein began with Operation Lightfoot, a stealth-drive...
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Rommel's Last Tanker
Magazine article by N. W. Emmot; Sea Classics, Vol. 37, July 2004
...near a small railway station called El Alamein, located in a narrow strip between...Tobruk. Two days after the battle of El Alamein began, three precious ships were...never recovered from the battle of El Alamein. He was forced back all the way...
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The Second World War
Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 52, May 2002
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--History
...Churchill described the importance of the battle of El Alamein in October 1942: `After Alamein we never had a defeat. Two new books that put this landmark battle into context are Alamein by Jon Latimer (John Murray, 25 pounds sterling...
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El Alamein Hero Takes His Leave
Newspaper article; Sunshine Coast Daily (Maroochydore, Australia), July 25, 2009
El Alamein Hero Takes His Leave. Byline: Anne...World War Two campaign, the Battle of El Alamein. Australia suffered almost 6000 casualties...soldiers who entered his particular battle at El Alamein and only 60 of those men came out alive...
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Camilla Weeps at El Alamein for Her Father's 'Folly'; Duchess Lays Roses at Graves of Two Men Who Died under Captain's Command
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 24, 2006
Subjects: Soldiers
Camilla Weeps at El Alamein for Her Fathers Folly; Duchess Lays Roses at Graves of Two Men Who...Today, at a war graves cemetery in the searing desert heat of El Alamein, where thousands of British soldiers fell, she singled out two...
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Howard Fighting 'New El Alamein'
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 3, 2005
Howard Fighting New El Alamein. Byline: GRAEME WILSON MICHAEL Howards fight for election victory was likened to Field Marshal Montgomerys triumph at El Alamein last night by Conservative chairman Lord Saatchi. In a rallying...
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Camilla Pays Tribute to Her Father's Alamein Comrades
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), March 25, 2006
Subjects: Soldiers--Appreciation, Wireless communication systems--Services, Wireless communications services
...Camilla Pays Tribute to Her Fathers Alamein Comrades. The Duchess of Cornwall...in the aftermath of the Battle of El Alamein. Major Bruce Shand, now 89, was...Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in El Alamein in Egypt, Camilla gently placed...
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NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL: Camilla Pays Tribute to War Dead in Egypt
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), March 25, 2006
Subjects: Battle of El Alamein, 1942--Casualties, Soldiers--Appreciation, Wireless communication systems--Services, Wireless communications services
...in the aftermath of the Battle of El Alamein. Major Bruce Shand, now 89, was...Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in El Alamein in Egypt, Camilla gently placed...bowed for a moment. The Battle of El Alamein, from October 23 to November 4...
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Alamein, El
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ALAMEIN, EL el al man , al or Al Alamayn al alaman , town, N Egypt, on the Mediterranean...and by June 30 had set up a defense line extending 35 mi (56 km) from Alamein S to the Qattara Depression, a badland which could neither be crossed nor...
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El Alamein
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
EL ALAMEIN see Alamein, El , Egypt. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Montgomery, Bernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...LAW, 1ST VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN m ntgum re, al man , 1887 1976...Alexander. Winning the battle of Alamein and driving the Germans 2,000 mi...Forward from Victory (1948), El Alamein to the River Sangro (1948), An...
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Alamayn, Al
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ALAMAYN, AL Egypt: see Alamein, El . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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North Africa, Campaigns In
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...attacked and pushed Rommel back to El Agheila (Jan., 1942). A German...a defense line N of Bir Hacheim at El Gazala, c.100 mi (160 km) within...along a 35-mi (56-km) line from El Alamein on the coast to the Qattara Depression...
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