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Battles of El-Alamein
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Facts

Date July 1, 1942 - July 27, 1942 • October 23, 1942 - November 11, 1942
Location El-Alamein • Egypt
Participants Germany • Italy • United Kingdom
Context North Africa campaigns

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Italian POWs after the Second Battle of El-Alamein
North Africa campaigns of World War II
British infantry attack at El-Alamein
Bernard Law Montgomery
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Key People

Erwin Rommel
Erwin Rommel
German field marshal
Bernard Law Montgomery
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery
British military commander

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