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The First Battle of El Alamein was a battle in the Second World War. It took place in El Alamein, Egypt. It was fought between the Allied forces, and Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. The battle took place from July 1 to July 27 1942. It was part of the Western Desert Campaign. The Field Marshal Commander Erwin Rommel led the Afrika Korps. British Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck led the Eighth Army, defending El Alamein from Rommel's attacking army. Italian General Ettore Bastico was also include the battle. The British prevented a second advance by the Axis forces into Egypt. They were 66 miles from Alexandria and were dangerously close to the ports and cities of Egypt.

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  • Advance of the Panzerjager-Abteilung 39-AC1942

    Afrika Korps tank hunters with an Sd.Kfz. 232 armoured car in front.

  • Italian anti-aircraft battery at Marsa Matrouh in the summer of 1942
    Italian anti-aircraft battery at Mersa Matrouh in June of 1942
  • Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-786-0327-19, Nordafrika, Erwin Rommel mit Offizieren

    Rommel in North Africa (June 1942).

  • 2-8 Field Regt

    25 pdr guns of the 2/8th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery at El Alamein, 12 July 1942.

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-783-0110-12, Nordafrika, Panzer II, Kraftfahrzeuge

    A Panzer II of the Afrika Korps.

  • Rommel with his aides

    Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, with his aides during the desert campaign, 1942.

  • The British Army in North Africa 1942 E14235

    A soldier inspects an Italian M13/40 tank that was knocked out near El Alamein, 11 July 1942

  • The British Army in North Africa 1942 E14520

    A German 88mm anti-tank gun captured and destroyed by New Zealand troops near El Alamein, 17 July 1942.

  • The British Army in North Africa 1942 E14114

    A 25-pdr field gun of 11th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, in action, July 1942.

  • Destroyed Panzer IIIs near Tel el Eisa 1942

    Destroyed Panzer IIIs near Tel el Eisa

  • Valentine tank Mk3 desert

    A Valentine in North Africa, carrying British infantry

  • Italian high-water mark on road to Alex edited

    Commemorative stone put up by the 7th Bersaglieri Regiment on the road from Alexandria to El Alamein at the high-water mark for the Italian advance. The inscription reads: Mancò la fortuna, non-il valore (A lack of fortune, not of valour).

  • The British Army in North Africa 1942 E14621

    German and Italian prisoners captured during the advance on the Ruweisat Ridge, July 1942

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