Battle of El Alamein
By: Caroline Farrell, Luke Hunneke, and Nola Pirhofer
Dates of the Battle
Jan. 1942
German Panzer Army makes
its way across North Africa
Jun. 1942
German Army
arrives in Egypt
Jul. 1-27, 1942
First Battle of El
Alamein
Jul. 31, 1942
8th Army ends
offensive
operations
Aug. 1942
Bernard
Montgomery
is new
commander
for 8th Army
Nov. 3, 1942
Germany army
retreats
Oct. 23, 1942
Second Battle Begins
Countries and Leaders Involved
● Countries involved in El Alamein:
○ Great Britain (Eighth Army)
■ Leader: Bernard Montgomery
○ Germany (Afrika Korps)
Bernard Montgomery
■ Leader: Erwin Rommel
○ Italy (Afrika Korps)
■ Leader: Erwin Rommel
Erwin Rommel
Geographic Location and Maps of the Battle
The Battle of El Alamein was
located in Egypt, North
Africa. This battle was fought
in the Western Desert near the
Mediterranean Sea.
This shows the positioning of the
Allies, Axis, and the where the
minefields are located.
Key Facts and Main Strategies
● The German army were trying to get to the oil fields in North Africa
● Germany attacked the British army at their smaller bases, then reaches
the town of El Alamein
● The British manage to take out 50 of the German Panzer tanks, which
caused the German army to retreat
● The British grow stronger, then stage an attack on the Germans
● The British have three separate waves of tanks that attack three
different German bases
● The Germans were overwhelmed, and the British cause the Germans
to retreat
How Battle Helped or Hurt Allies
Pros
Cons
-Allies got the oil needed
-Allies were losing war
-Victory
-stalled Axis advance (First battle)
-losses
-long battle
-almost lost at first
-losses
Casualties
● Great Britain (Eighth Army)
○ 13,000 killed
● Germany & Italy (Afrika Korps)
○ 25,000 killed or wounded
German Tanks
Panzer Mark 3 Special Tank
● designed for tank to tank combat
Panzer Mark 3 Tank
● 50 mm frontal armor
● 50 mm main cannon that can fire armor piercing rounds at up
to ranges of 650 m
Panzer Mark 4 Special Tank
● more powerful, but used fuel quickly
Allied Tanks
British Crusader
● fastest tank at 24 km/hour
● 32 mm frontal armor
● light gun
Grant Medium Tank
● 51 mm frontal armor
● side mounted cannon
Crusader
Grant Medium Tank
Video and Interesting Facts
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrsRo_P7Zyw
Fun Fact
After the Allies’ victory Winston Churchill said
Winston Churchill
“Now this is not the end, nor is it even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the
end of the beginning.”
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"Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery." BBC History. BBC, n.d. Web. 07 Apr. 2014.
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