Battle of El Alamein

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World War II battle battle

The Battle of El Alamein was a pivotal 1942 North African campaign clash between Allied and Axis forces that marked a major turning point in World War II by halting the German advance toward Egypt and the Suez Canal.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Second Battle of El Alamein	75
First Battle of El Alamein	46
Battle of El Alamein canonical	22
El Alamein	2
Battle of El Alamein vicinity operations	1
Battles of El Alamein	1
Retreat from El Alamein	1
Second Battle of El Alamein (1942)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of El Alamein ⓘ surface form: Second Battle of El Alamein
belligerent	Australia ⓘ British Empire ⓘ Commonwealth forces ⓘ Free French Forces ⓘ Greece ⓘ British India ⓘ surface form: India New Zealand ⓘ Poland ⓘ South Africa ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
casualties	high on both sides ⓘ
commandedBy	Bernard Montgomery ⓘ
conflictIn	North African campaign ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
date	1942 ⓘ
endDate	1942-11-11 ⓘ
followedBy	Allied advance into Libya ⓘ Tunisian campaign ⓘ
hasCommander	Bernard Montgomery ⓘ Erwin Rommel ⓘ Georg Stumme ⓘ Harold Alexander ⓘ Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma ⓘ
involvesUnit	Eighth Army (United Kingdom) ⓘ Panzer Army Africa ⓘ
locatedIn	Egypt ⓘ
locatedNear	El Alamein ⓘ Mediterranean coast ⓘ
opponent	German Afrika Korps ⓘ Italian 1st Army ⓘ Italy ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Italy Nazi Germany ⓘ
partOf	North African campaign ⓘ surface form: Western Desert campaign World War II ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of El Alamein self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Battle of El Alamein
result	Allied victory ⓘ
significance	halted Axis advance toward Egypt ⓘ secured approaches to Suez Canal ⓘ turning point in North African campaign ⓘ
startDate	1942-10-23 ⓘ
strategicObjective	defend Egypt ⓘ protect Suez Canal ⓘ
theater	North African campaign ⓘ surface form: North African Theater of World War II
usedWarfareType	armored warfare ⓘ artillery bombardment ⓘ
year	1942 ⓘ

Referenced by (149)

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

World War II → hasPart → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

European theatre of World War II → notableBattle → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

North African campaign → hasPart → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

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North African campaign → notableBattle → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

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Battle of El Alamein → alsoKnownAs → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

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Erwin Rommel → participantIn → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

Mediterranean Theater of Operations → includesOperation → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

Georg Stumme → participatedIn → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

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Eighth Army (United Kingdom) → engagement → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

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Panzer Army Africa → battle → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

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Panzer Army Africa → battle → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

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Desert Fox → associatedWithBattles → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

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German Afrika Korps → engagedInBattle → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

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Italian 1st Army → battle → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

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British XXX Corps → notableEngagement → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

Tunisian campaign → follows → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

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Montgomery of Alamein (autobiography) → mainSubject → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division → notableEngagement → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

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Italian XX Motorised Corps → engagement → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

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Italian XX Motorised Corps → engagement → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

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Italian Ariete Division → battle → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

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Western Desert → notableBattle → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

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British Eighth Army → notableBattle → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

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8th Army → notableBattle → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

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8th Army → notableBattle → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

subject surface form: Eighth Army

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Battle of Bir Hakeim → followedBy → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Battle of El Alamein

Battle of Alam el Halfa → precededBy → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Battle of El Alamein

Battle of Alam el Halfa → followedBy → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Battle of El Alamein

Battle of Tobruk (1942) → followedBy → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

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1st Infantry Division → notableEngagement → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

51st (Highland) Division → battleHonour → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

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New Zealand forces → engagedInBattle → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

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New Zealand forces → engagedInBattle → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

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Royal Scots → battleHonours → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

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British Commonwealth forces → conflict → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

13th Corps → engagement → Battle of El Alamein ⓘ

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