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The 22 pages that link to Second Battle of El Alamein, each with the reason it gives.

• Bernard MontgomeryBroader topic: Montgomery planned and led the British Eighth Army in this turning-point victory.

• Erwin RommelRelated: The defeat began the Axis retreat that ended Rommel's North African campaign.

• North African campaignBroader topic: It ended the Axis advance toward Egypt and began their long retreat west.

• Harold AlexanderRelated: Alexander became commander in chief of Middle East Command shortly before this Allied victory.

• Claude AuchinleckBroader topic: Auchinleck shaped the army and defensive position before Montgomery led the decisive offensive.

• Battle of GazalaCompared with: Unlike Gazala, it ended in a major Allied victory and forced Axis forces westward.

• Operation CrusaderRelated: It later secured a more decisive Allied reversal of Axis advances in North Africa.

• Desert warfareBroader topic: A constrained battlefield and concentrated logistics helped turn a desert campaign into a decisive set-piece battle.

• Battle of Kasserine PassRelated: El Alamein marked an Allied victory in the eastern desert, while Kasserine exposed U.S. weaknesses in Tunisia.

• First Battle of El AlameinRelated: The July defense bought time before this later, decisive Allied victory.

• Western Desert campaignBroader topic: It ended the Axis threat to Egypt and began a sustained westward retreat.

• Afrika KorpsBroader topic: Its defeat marked the decisive reversal of the Afrika Korps’ advance.

• Bernard FreybergRelated: Freyberg’s New Zealand Division fought in the decisive Allied victory.

• Tank warfareBroader topic: The battle shows tanks operating amid minefields, artillery, and desert supply constraints.

• Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War IIBroader topic: Its outcome began the Axis retreat westward across North Africa.

• TobrukRelated: The Axis loss at Tobruk preceded its decisive retreat toward El Alamein.

• Battle of Bir HakeimRelated: Bir Hakeim formed part of the sequence of battles preceding the decisive Allied advance.

• Tunisian campaignRelated: Its retreating Axis forces faced the Allied advance from the west in Tunisia.

• Battle of Alam el HalfaNarrower topic: Alam el Halfa preceded the better-known Allied breakthrough by several weeks.

• Case AntonRelated: The Axis faced mounting pressure in North Africa as Case Anton was planned.

• Matrouh GovernorateBroader topic: El Alamein lies in Matrouh and became the site of a decisive campaign turning point.

• Operation SonnenblumeRelated: The campaign begun by German intervention ultimately ended in a decisive Axis defeat here.