UK: General Sir Bernard Montgomery, victor of the Second Battle of El-Alamein, anonymous portrait, c. 1946

The Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October–11 November 1942) was a major battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein.

With the Allies victorious, it marked a major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War.

Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed 'Monty' and the 'Spartan General', was a senior officer of the British Army and the victor at El-Alamein.

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