It was a place few expected to be fighting in when war broke out in 1939. It was a conflict Hitler never wanted. It was a ...

Winston Churchill, on the British victory at El Alamein, London, 10 November 1942 Although General Claude Auchinleck had stopped Rommel in his tracks during the First Battle of El Alamein in early ...

It was the first real Allied victory in ... important collection of stamps covering the Battle of El Alamein, a key turning point of World War II. "The stamps tell the tale of this ruthless ...

also posted on Facebook that "the Heart of our Nation is today at El Alamein". The decisive second battle took place in Egypt in October 1942 and was won by the Allies in under two weeks thanks to ...

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 ...