Transcript PowerPoint Presentation - The Battle for El Alamein

The Battle of El Alamein
Purpose for topic
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It was also the turning point of the WII
in Africa
Axis Side
Leader:
Erwin Rommel (A.K.A. Desert Fox)
350 planes
489 tanks
104,000 infantry
1,219 artillery
Allies side
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Leader
Bernard Law Montgomery
530 planes
1,029 tanks
195,000 infantry
2,311 artillery
Information about El Alamein
It was an abandoned train station
In the middle of the desert
Only thing standing between
Alexandria
Crucial to keeping Africa from Nazis
The Alamein line was 40 miles
Stretched from Qattara Depression to
the sea
Important Dates
June 24, 1942-Rommel begins pursuit of
eighth army from Tobruk to Mersa
Matruh.
June 30,1942-Beginning of the first part of
the battle
August 7, 1942-Montgomery appointed
commander of eighth army
November 3&4,1942-Rommel retreats
and battle is won in favor of Allied forces
First part of battle
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Axis first attacked cast but
repelled
Allied attacked Axis supply routes,
crippling Rommel’s units
Reinforcements of 6-16 guns and
Sherman tanks helped
Lots of attacks launched all over
the line
Heavy losses on each side
Second part of battle
Axis had huge minefieldmines a problem for tanks
 Axis heavily outnumbered
 Axis had lost 23,000 men
and 1,000 tanks
 13,500 men were killed,
lost,or wounded on the
Allies side
 Axis retreat
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Second part of battle- cont.
Kidney ridge was a major battle site
 Operation “supercharge” was the turnaround
 At end, Axis had about only 80 tanks
left,previously 1000
 Massive retreat for the Allied forces
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Battle Plan
Aftermath
The allies realized that they can win a
battle after all the losses
“All battles before the battle were lost,
and all the battles after won” was said
by Winston Churchill
Rommel retreats
Allies go in pursuit
El Alamein was completely devestated
Interesting facts
Rommel was also called Desert Fox for
his ability to “sniff” out his enemies
Rommel was Hitlers best marshal
Rommel retreated from the battle
against Hitlers orders
Allies had half the losses as the Axis
Pictures
Reflection
We learned that the Battle of El
Alamein was a very important battle in
the WWII. We think that the battle
should be more widely known, since it
was crucial to the win of the WWII in
favor of the Allied forces against the
Axis forces. It was the turning point of
the war in the Mediterranean, and it
boosted the morale of Allied soldiers.
Bibliography
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Encyclopedia of WWII, War in the
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Wikipedia.org. 14:16, 8 November
2007. Wikipedia Foundation, Inc. 12
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle
_of_El_Alamein.
Bibliography-cont.
Trueman, Chris. “The Battle of El
Alamein.” History Learning Site. Chris
Trueman. 29 November 2007.
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/bat
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“The Battle of El Alamein.” 2004. Dept. of
Defence. 29 November 2007
http://www.defence.gov.au/army/ahu/hi
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Bibliography-cont. again
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29,2007
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