Despite the Italo-German force’s attempts to hold back the Allies in Egypt by laying over half a million mines over the ...

For many, the battle for control of North Africa is seen ... pivotal battles for control of North Africa – the battles for El Alamein in Egypt – and examine the cost of both success and ...

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 ...

During WW2, pipers were used by the 51st Highland Division at the start of the Battle of El Alamein in October 1942. The pipers' tunes were used to identify different regiments. Glaswegian ...

The Mareth Line in eastern Tunisia was a natural defensive position comparable to El Alamein; a front 35km (22 miles) long extended from the coast to the mountains inland. On the night of 20 March ...

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 ...