The Battle of El Alamein was fought between Britain (the 8th Army led by Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery) & Germany (2 Panzer + 2 Italian Divisions led by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel).
Basically, the Germans lost the battle (in part due to lack of resources for the Germans & also because the British defensive position at El Alamein could not be outflanked).
The North African campaign started with Italian aggression with their attacks against British held Egypt, were defeated & thrown back into Libya. Hitler sent Rommel to contribute to the Italians' defence of Libya (this was supposed to be a sideshow as far as the warring European states were concerned).
However, Rommel had other ideas & set his sights on over-running Egypt & taking the Suez Canal. Concurrently, the Germans had already set foot into Russia & were planning on taking the Caucasus oil fields to secure steady oil supplies for their war machinery. The junction of the 2 German army groups would have meant that WW2 wouldn't have ended in 1945 but probably years later.
The defeat of the Germans at El Alamein and consequently in North Africa meant that the British & American could then concentrate their resources on putting forces on European soil & start a true 2nd front against Germany (the 1st being the Russian front)
2006-08-26 04:30:32
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answered by Kevin F 4
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When Winston Churchill led his troops into battle in El Alamein, he knew that something significant would happen. And it did - the battle that day, fought in Africa, had a profound effect on the outcome of World War II. But beyond those immediate ramifications, the battles of El Alamein sent shock waves into the future, like pebbles dropped into a pond.
The Allied forces won the war, and thus the European worldview became dominant across much of the globe. Euro-centric history was taught at universities from India to Indiana, and eventually students' minds became saturated with concepts such as Bastille Day and the War of the Roses. Eventually, many students felt they had picked up enough European history just by osmosis that they no longer needed to actually study it. So they spent their time drinking and chatting and playing video games instead of learning, and asked random people on the Internet to do their studying for them.
2006-08-26 03:14:15
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answered by Super Flippy 2
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2016-10-15 21:37:09
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answered by hafner 4
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I'm pretty sure you can easily google that. If not, go to www.askjeeves.com that is quick too because you can hover your cursor over the binoculars and see the sight. I know this isn't too helpful, so you don't have to give me all ten points.
Good luck!
2006-08-26 03:07:05
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answered by Anonymous
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The purpose of being in school is to learn and also to research on your own. I could tell you, but that won't help you in the long run. Please look it up on your own through books or the Internet.
2006-08-26 03:05:31
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answered by HamTownGal 3
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