By Cadet McDaniel

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Battle of El Alamein

• By Cadet McDaniel

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• The Battle of El Alamein, fought in the deserts
  of North Africa, is seen as one of the decisive
  victories of World War Two.

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• The Battle of El Alamein was primarily fought
  between two of the outstanding commanders of
  World War Two, Montgomery, who succeeded the
  dismissed Auchinleck, and Rommel.

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• The initial thrust had ended by Sunday. Both
  armies had been fighting non-stop for two days.
  The Allies had advanced through the minefields in
  the west to make a six mile wide and five mile
  deep inroad. They now sat atop Miteriya Ridge in
  the southeast, but at the same time the Axis
  forces were firmly entrenched in most of their
  original battle positions and the battle was at a
  standstill.

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• Hence, General Bernard Montgomery ordered an end
  to conflict in the south, the evacuation of
  Miteriya Ridge, and a swing north toward the sea.
  The battlefield would be concentrated at the
  Kidney and Tel al-Eissa until a breakthrough
  occurred. It was to be a gruesome seven days.

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• The Allied victory at El Alamein lead to the
  retreat of the Afrika Korps and the German
  surrender in North Africa in May 1943.

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