The tide turned in the Allies' favour at the Second Battle of El Alamein in 1942 ... before launching his attacks against Field Marshal Rommel's German and Italian troops. Follow the battle ...

He had had to bring up supplies across the 700 miles of desert which Rommel had already covered in his retreat from El Alamein. Until he was ready, he had kept Rommel in a state of nervousness ...

Tony experienced his baptism of fire on the sandy plains of El Alamein in Egypt in 1942, when the British Eight Army embarked on its second, and ultimately successful, attempt to route Rommel's ...

Rommel to drive eastward along the North African coast to seize the Suez Canal. British forces were routed, and it came down to a stand at El-Alamein. There, British forces kept the Germans ...

The great point to remember is that we're going to finish with this chap Rommel once and for all!' Field-Marshal Montgomery addresses the 8th Army before the battle of El-Alamein. Field-Marshal ...

El Alamein was the climax and turning point of the North African campaign in the Second World War. "After defeating the famous German, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, popularly known as 'The Desert ...