It was a place few expected to be fighting in when war broke out in 1939. It was a conflict Hitler never wanted. It was a ...

In a study, "Darazya at El Alamein: a Greco-Roman settlement against the backdrop of an important Second World War battle," published in Antiquity, the team investigated the civilizational ...

The tide turned in the Allies' favour at the Second Battle of El Alamein in 1942. British General Montgomery spent months building up an overwhelming advantage in men and armour, before launching ...

On the 72nd anniversary of Al-Alamein battle where thousands of German and allied soldiers perished in 1942, the EU announced its first noteworthy grant to Egypt to clear mines planted by the ...

The bell from El Alamein train station (inset top left) was presented to the Alamein club for British and Empire troops, Cairo, in 1942 (inset bottom left). It was then presented to the Village ...

He commanded a platoon in the Second Battle of El Alamein, the turning point of the North Africa campaign, and in the Battle of the Mareth Line. In July 1943, he commanded an ammunition platoon in ...

There, Montgomery was the first Allied general to inflict a decisive defeat upon the Axis forces when he drove them from their positions at El Alamein ... worst defeat in battle during his ...

'I want to impress on everyone that the bad times are over - they're finished! Our mandate from the Prime Minister is to destroy the Axis forces in North Africa. I have seen it - written on half a ...

On the 72nd anniversary of Al-Alamein battle where thousands of German and allied soldiers perished in 1942, the EU announced its first noteworthy grant to Egypt to clear mines planted by the ...

There, Montgomery was the first Allied general to inflict a decisive defeat upon the Axis forces when he drove them from their positions at El Alamein ... worst defeat in battle during his ...