However, the british were hampered by poor strategy and communications. The battle was to prove decisive in the north african campaign. Jun 17, 2017 in the desert of north africa, british field marshall bernard montgomery is up at bat and german general rommel is throwing curveballs in the spaghetticombat. Then the german and italian forces were able to destroy most of the british tank. In this battle, some 300,000 men and some 1500 tanks were involved in a brutal battle. Purchase give a gift manage subscription download ios app newsletters. In the desert of north africa, british field marshall bernard montgomery is up at bat and german general rommel is throwing curveballs in the spaghetticombat.
Unfortunately for the germans, only 30 were present at this battle. By october 1942 the british commander general montgomery had prepared. Australian troops approach a germanheld strong point under the. Chronically lacking fuel due to overstretched supply lines and allied control of mediterranean sea, the only thing germans and italians.
Battles of elalamein, 127 july 1942, 23 october11 november 1942, world war ii events. By the summer of 1942 rommels german forces were threatening to sweep through the western desert and drive on to the suez canal, and britain was in urgent need of military victory. After the first battle of elalamein, egypt 150 miles west of cairo, ended in a stalemate, the second one was decisive. After an undefeated record throughout north africa, german field marshal erwin rommel has an opportunity to face off against a commander worthy of his skills. Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples log in dictionary. The germans called it war without hate, which was certainly not an appellation applicable to their war against.
It was the site of a decisive british victory in world war ii. Supply lines were very long, and armored units had to be broken up so they did not have to make long drives. There were three separate battles between july and november 1942, all of which were fought to halt the advance of rommels army towards the suez canal. A crucial battle between the weakened german forces and the resurgent british, the battle marked a major turning point in the campaign, ending axis hopes of occupying egypt, taking control of the suez canal, and gaining access to the middle eastern oil fields. It was fought between two of the best commanders in world war ii, montgomery for the allies and rommel for the axis between 23 october 4 november 1942. Timeline world history documentaries 273,377 views. Wwii1942, theres a savage 12day fight for survival as the infantry of british field marshal montgomerys eighth army fights against german field marshal rommels fabled afrika korps in the windswept libyan desert. Instead, however, the german high command decided to afford little attention to north africa and later campaigns launched against the axis from. The battle of egypt began at 2140 hours with the heaviest barrage of all the western desert campaigns, across a front that stretched more than six miles awm 042485. The battle coincided with the allied invasion of french north africa in operation torch, which started on 8 november, the battle of stalingrad and the guadalcanal campaign. Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the giorgio ferronidirected movie via subscription can. It marked the beginning of the end for the axis in north africa. The axis army of italy and germany suffered a decisive defeat by the british eighth army.
German battle of elalamein wwii, egypt 32530e hd youtube. The battle was fought between the axis forces, led by general erwin rommel, and the allied forces, commanded by field marshal claude auchinleck. Doctrinal changes introduced by bernard montgomery, assisted by massive advantages in supply produced a muchneeded allied victory that brought the dominance of erwin rommels formidable afrika korps to an end. At the beginning of the war, libya had been an italian colony for several. In order to get a better selfpropelled tank destroyer into the field, captured russian 76.
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