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El Alamein

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
El Alamein or Al Alamayn , town, N Egypt, on the Mediterranean Sea. It was the site of a decisive British victory in World War II (see North Africa, campaigns in ). In preparation for an attack by German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel from Libya (begun May 26, 1942) the British forces retreated into Egypt and by June 30 had set up a defense line extending 35 mi (56 km) from Alamein S to the Qattara Depression, a badland which could neither be crossed nor flanked. If this position had fallen, the British might have lost Alexandria and been forced to withdraw from North Africa. In August,... Read more
El Alamein, battle of
El Alamein, battle of, 1942. Fought in Egypt, close to Alexandria, El Alamein was the first decisive, irreversible British...victory of the Red Army at Stalingrad, Alamein came to seem the turning-point in the war... Read more
El Alamein
El Alamein (al‐'Alamayn), Egypt It is difficult to get the meaning. 'Alam means ‘mark’, ‘...battles in 1942 between the British 8th Army and German and Italian forces, it is usually referred to as elAlamein. Read more

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