'Before Alamein we never had a victory, after Alamein we never had a defeat'. Not quite the truth, but it does represent the fact that the ending of the threat to the Middle East & Suez was an important factor in WW2. The whole of the war in North Africa is important because it leads to the Allies re entering Europe by Sicily & the Italian Peninsula. Rommels' Afrika Korps had won much territory through Libya & into Egypt, El Alamein marks the high water mark of this campaign of thrust & counter thrust. Montgomery would go on to become the premier British commander of the War. Added to by the Torch landings in Morocco & Algeria the Allies would converge in Tunisia & eventually remove the Axis from North Africa.
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The Second Battle of El Alamein marked the turning point in the war between British forces and the German army .
It was extremely important as the possession of Suez was critical to the war.
Near El Alamein. (Surprised?) El Alamein is a town in Egypt on the Mediterranean coast. It's about 100 km west of Alexandria.
North Africa El Alamein is 150 miles west of Cairo.
First Battle of El Alamein (1 - 27 July 1942) / Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October - 4 November 1942) .