a city in
northern Egypt located on the
Mediterranean Sea which was the site of a
major battle during
World War II between
Allied and
German troops. The
Allies won the battle.
a coastal village approximately sixty miles (96.5 km)
west of
Alexandria,
Egypt and the site of a decisive
Allied victory during
World War II (1939-1945). The turning
point of the
war in
North Africa occurred in the battle of El Alamein on November 4, 1942, when numerically superior British forces, led by
General Bernard L. Montgomery (1887-1976) defeated the
German forces of
General Erwin
Rommel (1891-1944) driving them back 1,300 miles (2,092 km) across the desert into the neighboring nation of Tunisia and taking some 30,000 prisoners of
war.