First Battle of El Alamein occurred between July 1 and July 27, 1942. German forces had advanced to the last defense point before Alexandria and the Suez Canal.
But they have run out of supplies, and the British and Commonwealth defense stopped their direction.
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Second Battle of El Alamein occurred between October 23 and November 3, 1942 after Bernard Montgomery replaced Claude Auchinleck as commander of Eighth Army. Rommel is, a brilliant commander of the German Army Afrika Corps, known as the "Desert Fox", absent in this extraordinary battle, because it is in the healing phase of jaundice in Europe. |
Montgomery knew Rommel absent. Commonwealth forces launched an attack, and although they lost more tanks than the Germans when he started the battle, Montgomery won this battle.
Allies have the advantage with them to close their supplies during the battle. Moreover, Rommel received little or even no help this time from the Luftwaffe, now assigned to defend the air space of Western Europe and against the Soviet Union rather than providing assistance in North Africa for Rommel. After the German defeat at El Alamein, Rommel made a brilliant strategic withdrawal to Tunisia.
Many historians argue that the success of Rommel in the Afrika Korps strategic withdrawal from Egypt is more impressive than the earlier victories, including Tobruk, because he managed to make his entire army returned intact, against the Allied air superiority and Commonwealth troops who now reinforced by U.S. troops.
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