Second Battle of El Alamein (1942)

Montgomery's Eighth Army breaks Rommel's Panzer Army, turning the tide in North Africa.

Specifications & Metrics

year

1942

Core Principles & Analysis

• Bernard Montgomery's Eighth Army defeated Erwin Rommel's Axis Panzer Army in Egypt.
• Churchill summarized its meaning: before Alamein Britain never had a victory, after it never a defeat.
• The victory ended the Axis threat to Egypt and the Suez Canal.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Second Battle of El Alamein