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First Battle of El Alamein (view source)
Revision as of 21:31, October 28, 2016
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{{War
| image =
| conflict = [[Second World War]]
| date = July 1-26, 1942
| campaign = North African Campaign
| combatant1 = [[British 8th Army]]
| combatant2 = [[Afrika Korps]]
| commander1 = [[Claude Auchinleck]]<br/>Lieutenant General, British Army
| commander2 = [[Erwin Rommel]]<br/>Field Marshal, German Army
| strength1 = 195,000
| strength2 = 150,000
| casualties1 = ''13,250"''<br/>Killed: 4,500<br/>Wounded: 8,000<br/>Missing or captured: 1,000
| casualties2 = '''62,800'''<br/>Killed: 3,300<br/>Wounded: 17,500<br/>Captured: 7,700
}}
The '''First Battle of El Alamein''' took place near railway depot near the sea, between 1 and 27 July. The British Commonwealth forces, under General Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, emerged victorious in the battle, having stopped the Afrika Korps under General Erwin Rommel in Egypt. The battle marked the end of several Axis victories obtained at Gazala, Tobruk, Mersa Matruh, Fuka and elsewhere, and was the first in a series of battles which would result in the liberation of French Algeria and Tunisia from Axis forces, and the invasion of Italy.
The '''First Battle of El Alamein''' took place near railway depot near the sea, between 1 and 27 July. The British Commonwealth forces, under General Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, emerged victorious in the battle, having stopped the Afrika Korps under General Erwin Rommel in Egypt. The battle marked the end of several Axis victories obtained at Gazala, Tobruk, Mersa Matruh, Fuka and elsewhere, and was the first in a series of battles which would result in the liberation of French Algeria and Tunisia from Axis forces, and the invasion of Italy.