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British and Free French forces battle German Afrika Corps panzers in El Alamein, Egypt during World War 2.
British troops digging trenches and preparing defenses in El Alamein, Egypt during World War II. A Free French tank crew refuels their tank from Jerry cans. Free French General, Marie Pierre Koenig talks to one of his officers. German forces of the German Afrika Corps move to attack the Allies. In August, 1942, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel sends his panzer divisions to break through the Allied lines. German Pz.IV Lang and Italian tanks advance. British gun crews firing artillery destroy 300 German tanks. View of German tanks burning. British troops standing in sandbagged revetment.
Allied and Axis positions for the second battle of El Alamein in Egypt.
Beginning of the second battle of El Alamein in Egypt between British Eighth Army and German Forces in October, 1942. Map of Africa shows German forces advancing from coast. Positions of German and Italian forces. Allied positions include Australian, Indian, South African and Highland Divisions joined in as reinforcement for British Eighth Army. German officers attend a conference in Berlin. Joseph Goebbels and Fuhrer Adolf Hitler greet German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in Berlin. Rommel as Commander of German Forces deployed in North Africa. (World War II period).
General Montgomery transmits the plan and preparations are made to fight second battle of El Alamein in Egypt.
Second battle of El Alamein in Egypt between Allied Forces and German Forces in October, 1942. British Field Marshal Harold Alexander, British Naval Officer Henry Harwood and Royal Air Force officer Arthur Tedder confer. General Montgomery and Marshal Coningham confer in desert. General Montgomery discuss with other officers holding map. General Montgomery transmits the plan and preparations are made. Tanks and aircraft prepared for battle. Supplies loaded into aircraft and tanks are manned. Tents are set up. Soldiers at beach cook food in sand. Soldiers write letters and smoke. Soldier plays bagpiper. Other soldiers relax. Tanks advance in desert. (World War II period).
Second battle of El Alamein in Egypt begins with artillery fire of British Eighth Army, Alamein.
Second battle of El Alamein in Egypt between Allied Forces and German Forces in October, 1942. Allied tanks advance in desert during evening. Soldiers of British Eighth Army advance with tanks. Soldier checks time in his wrist watch. Mines are cleared by Eighth Army men. Attack begins with artillery fire. German positions attacked in night. Explosions on German positions. British Eighth Army men advance under cover of artillery. Soldiers play bagpipes during battle. Wrecked German equipment and dead German soldiers after night battle. Aircraft in flight. Troops advance on field. Tanks advance. (World War II period).
British Eighth Army continues to advance as Germans counterattack in El Alamein, Egypt.
Second battle of El Alamein in Egypt between Allied Forces and German Forces in October, 1942. Map shows British Eighth Army advancing after first day's battle. Soldiers behind sandbag defenses. Germans start counterattack. Explosions in desert. British troops advance under attack. Map depicts Australian forces advancing in battlefield. Antitank guns are fired. Heavy explosions on ground throw billows of smoke. Aircraft overhead makes bombing run. German and Royal Air Force planes in flight. Wrecked German planes. (World War II period).
British 7th Armored Division takes over Kidney Ridge and Australian troops attack German positions in El Alamein, Egypt.
Second battle of El Alamein in Egypt between Allied Forces and German Forces in October, 1942. Map depicts Kidney Ridge taken over by 7th Armored Division. Troops fire artillery. Smoke arising from explosions by enemy. British troops and tanks advance. Humber armored car on mountain after taking over Kidney Ridge. Australian troops advance toward German positions near sea. Artillery is fired. Explosions throw billows of smoke. German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel instructs his men. German prisoners' area captured. Ambulance arrives for wounded soldiers. Wounded soldiers taken to ambulance on litters. Wounded are treated. Captured Nazi soldiers. (World War II period).
