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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).

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052597
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).

Date: 1944
Duration: 6 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052598
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).

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052599
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).

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052600
Royal Air Force planes bombing German armor and troop concentrations in El Alamein, Egypt.

Second battle of El Alamein in Egypt between Allied Forces and German Forces in October, 1942. German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel discuss plan with two other officers. Map depicts movement of German Division from South. Royal Air Force pilots boarding planes. Planes take off from airfield. Formation of American planes over enemy. Antiaircraft guns fired. Aircraft overhead bombs German armor and troop concentrations. Infantry advances under artillery cover as tanks continue the drive. Heavy explosions in the battlefield. Explosions throw billows of smoke. Light tanks advance. Dead soldiers in battlefield. British Field Marshal General Bernard Montgomery watches advancing tanks. Marshal Erwin Rommel with his officers. Artillery fire continues with advancing tanks. RAF plane bombs German armor. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 9 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052601
German Afrika Korps socialize with Egyptians during a feast in Siwa Oasis (WW2)

Map showing Egypt, Libya and the Mediterranean Sea in German during World War II. . German Afrika Korps troops mobilize to El Alamein, Egypt. Afrika Korps anti-aircraft gun vehicles and Kübelwagen move in the Sahara Desert. A German soldier uses binoculars to observe surroundings. Houses in Siwa Oasis, Egypt. Axis armored column entering Siwa. A Kübelwagen drives past palm trees. A German 8-Wheeled Heavy Armored Car Sd.Kfz.232 follows afterwards. A car that appears to have been heavily modified for desert travel is seen. Egyptian men raise their hands as they watch the arrival of the armored column. Afrika Korps soldiers build a desert trench with sandbags. They assemble and adjust a 37mm flak gun. A soldier sorts shells. German soldiers attend a feast given by the Egyptian sheik of Siwa. A servant scoops and serves soup in bowl. Egyptian locals and German soldiers dine together. A man pours coffee from a Dallah coffee pot. A German soldier and an Egyptian man (with bandaged hand) talk to one another during the feast. Egyptian man offers grapes to Axis soldiers. Soldier eating grapes. Man carries a large box of grapes. A man and two boys load boxes of produce at the back of a truck. Shadow of a German soldier taking off his clothes. German soldier taking off his shoes. Nude German soldiers dive and swim in the lake of the Oracle.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675080079