First Battle of El Alamein
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title:
First Battle of El Alamein
text:
The First Battle of El Alamein was a battle of the Western Desert campaign of World War II, fought in Egypt between Axis forces of the Panzer Army Africa—which included the Afrika Korps under Field Marshal Erwin Rommel—and Allied forces of the Eighth Army under General Claude Auchinleck. In this battle the British halted a second advance by the Axis forces into Egypt. Axis positions near El Alamein, only 106 km (66 mi) from Alexandria, were dangerously close to the ports and cities of Egypt, the
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Battle of World War II
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_El_Alamein
date created:
2002-01-17T12:22:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T04:32:02Z
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