El Alamein

E18261
populated place town

El Alamein is a coastal town in northern Egypt best known as the site of pivotal World War II battles between Allied and Axis forces in North Africa.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
El Alamein canonical 42
El Alamein battlefield 4
El Alamein battles 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf populated place ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeDivision El Alamein district ⓘ
associatedWith Bernard Montgomery ⓘ
Erwin Rommel ⓘ
battleDate_FirstBattle 1942-07 ⓘ
battleDate_SecondBattle 1942-10 ⓘ
coastType Mediterranean coast ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
coordinateSystem geographic coordinates ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
distanceFromAlexandria_km about 106 ⓘ
economicActivity resort development ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
governingCountryCapital Cairo ⓘ
hasCemetery Commonwealth War Cemetery ⓘ
German War Cemetery ⓘ
Italian War Cemetery ⓘ
hasClimate hot desert climate ⓘ
hasFeature El Alamein War Museum ⓘ
military memorials ⓘ
war cemeteries ⓘ
hasMemorial El Alamein Commonwealth Memorial ⓘ
El Alamein German Memorial ⓘ
El Alamein Italian Memorial ⓘ
knownFor North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: North African Campaign

World War II battles ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Matrouh Governorate ⓘ
locatedInRegion Lower Egypt ⓘ
surface form: northern Egypt
locatedOn Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
near Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Alexandria

Borg El Arab ⓘ
partOf North Coast of Egypt ⓘ
region Western Desert ⓘ
religionMajority Islam ⓘ
siteOf Battle of El Alamein ⓘ
surface form: First Battle of El Alamein

Battle of El Alamein ⓘ
surface form: Second Battle of El Alamein
strategicImportance control of coastal route between Alexandria and Libya ⓘ
defensive line for Egypt in WWII ⓘ
theaterOfWar North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: Western Desert Campaign
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
transport served by coastal highway ⓘ
served by railway line along Mediterranean coast ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (49)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of El Alamein → locatedNear → El Alamein ⓘ
Georg Stumme → burialPlace → El Alamein ⓘ
this entity surface form: German military cemetery El Alamein
Italian 1st Army → notableDefeat → El Alamein ⓘ
Royal Warwickshire Regiment → battleHonoursInclude → El Alamein ⓘ
Royal Tank Regiment → battleHonour → El Alamein ⓘ
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards → battleHonour → El Alamein ⓘ
Grenadier Guards → battleHonour → El Alamein ⓘ
Coldstream Guards → battleHonour → El Alamein ⓘ
Scots Guards → battleHonour → El Alamein ⓘ
1st Infantry Division → battleHonour → El Alamein ⓘ
Middlesex Regiment → battleHonour → El Alamein ⓘ
Blues and Royals → battleHonoursInclude → El Alamein ⓘ
Manchester Regiment → battleHonour → El Alamein ⓘ
Ariete Armoured Division → notableEngagementArea → El Alamein ⓘ
King's Own Scottish Borderers (historical) → battleHonour → El Alamein ⓘ
subject surface form: King's Own Scottish Borderers
British X Corps → engagement → El Alamein ⓘ
6th Regiment of Foot → battleHonour → El Alamein ⓘ
El Alamein War Museum → locatedIn → El Alamein ⓘ
El Alamein War Museum → locatedNear → El Alamein ⓘ
this entity surface form: El Alamein battlefield
Commonwealth War Cemetery → location → El Alamein ⓘ
subject surface form: Commonwealth War Cemetery at El Alamein
German War Cemetery → locatedIn → El Alamein ⓘ
subject surface form: German War Cemetery at El Alamein
German War Cemetery → locatedNear → El Alamein ⓘ
subject surface form: German War Cemetery at El Alamein
this entity surface form: El Alamein battlefield
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars → battleHonour → El Alamein ⓘ
Italian War Cemetery → locatedIn → El Alamein ⓘ
subject surface form: Italian War Cemetery at El Alamein
El Alamein Commonwealth Memorial → location → El Alamein ⓘ
El Alamein Italian Memorial → locatedIn → El Alamein ⓘ
El Alamein German Memorial → locatedIn → El Alamein ⓘ
North Coast of Egypt → hasPart → El Alamein ⓘ
North Coast of Egypt → knownFor → El Alamein ⓘ
this entity surface form: El Alamein battles
Matrouh Governorate → containsCity → El Alamein ⓘ
Matrouh Governorate → hasBattlefield → El Alamein ⓘ
this entity surface form: El Alamein battlefield
El Alamein district → hasAdministrativeCenter → El Alamein ⓘ
El Alamein district → contains → El Alamein ⓘ
El Alamein district → contains → El Alamein ⓘ
this entity surface form: El Alamein battlefield
10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own) → battleHonour → El Alamein ⓘ
Operation Lightfoot → location → El Alamein ⓘ
this entity surface form: El Alamein, Egypt
11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own) → battleHonour → El Alamein ⓘ
Seaforth Highlanders → battleHonour → El Alamein ⓘ
Alam el Halfa ridge → near → El Alamein ⓘ
Gordon Highlanders → battleHonour → El Alamein ⓘ
Cameron Highlanders → battleHonour → El Alamein ⓘ
King's Royal Rifle Corps → battleHonour → El Alamein ⓘ
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders → battleHonour → El Alamein ⓘ
The Royal Green Jackets (historical) → battleHonoursInclude → El Alamein ⓘ
subject surface form: The Royal Green Jackets
Black Watch → battleHonour → El Alamein ⓘ
Highland Light Infantry → battleHonour → El Alamein ⓘ
1st Battalion Scots Guards → notableBattleHonour → El Alamein ⓘ
Green Howards → battleHonour → El Alamein ⓘ
26th Brigade → garrisonOrBase → El Alamein ⓘ