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  • El Alamein, Egypt
    Friday Oct 23, 1942
    Adolf Hitler

    Second battle of El Alamein

    El Alamein, Egypt
    Friday Oct 23, 1942

    In late 1942, German forces were defeated in the second battle of El Alamein, thwarting Hitler's plans to seize the Suez Canal and the Middle East.




  • El Alamein, Egypt
    Friday Oct 23, 1942
    World War II

    Second Battle of El Alamein

    El Alamein, Egypt
    Friday Oct 23, 1942

    The Allies commenced an attack of their own in Egypt, dislodging the Axis forces and beginning a drive west across Libya. The Second Battle of El Alamein took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein, the battle lasted from 23 October to 11 November 1942.




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