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El Alamein, Egypt - Related Files

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	The Battle of Alamein, Egypt (Overlay) The Battle of Alamein, or more correctly the Second Battle of El Alamein, marked a significant turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of World War II. The battle lasted from October 23 to November 3, 1942. Following the First Battle of El Alamein, which had stalled the Axis advance, General Bernard Montgomery took command of the British Commonwealth's Eighth Army from Claude Auchinleck in...		10/25/2005	1,435
	El Alamein War Cemetery The campaign in the Western Desert was fought between the Commonwealth forces (with, later, the addition of two brigades of Free French and one each of Polish and Greek troops) all based in Egypt, and the Axis forces (German and Italian) based in Libya. The battlefield, across which the fighting surged back and forth between 1940 and 1942, was the 1,000 kilometres of desert between Alexandria i...		08/16/2009	62
	Italian War Cemetery and Memorial El Alamein The Italian Military Shrine of El Alamein, which houses the remains of about 5,200 Italian soldiers.br /> http://www.carabinieriparacadutisti.it/effettivi_del_tuscania.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein#Aftermath		08/16/2009	36
	German War Cemetery and Memorial El Alamein The German Shrine, an ossuary containing the remains of 4,213 German soldiers who fell during the battle of El Alamein, was built in the style of a medieval fortress. Also 30 WW1 soldiers are buried here. http://www.volksbund.de/kgs/stadt.asp?stadt=1092 http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanlyden/1162413804/in/set-72157601464789601/		08/16/2009	56
	Rafah, Gaza Strip Rafah is situated in the southern part of the Gaza Strip segment of Palestine, at the border with Egypt. In ancient times, it was an important settlement on the Othmans road, connecting Egypt with the Al-Sham countries (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine). According to the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel at Camp David in 1982, Rafah was divided into two parts: One part w...		08/17/2005	1,250
	Knightsbridge War Cemetery Acroma The defence against Rommel's drive across Cyrenaica towards Suez consisted of a number of irregularly spaced strong points or 'boxes' linked by deep minefields. Those nearest the Axis forces were held by infantry, while those further back served as reserve static positions and as bases from which the armour could operate. The chief 'box', known as Knightsbridge, was round a junc...		08/16/2009	112
	Saladin Citadel in Egypt Saladin's Citadel In Egypt, also Mouhamed Ali's Mosque is right beside it. More info here		08/05/2005	726
	Dust Storm Over Libya and Egypt (overlay) Ripples on the wind have created the intricate wave patterns seen in this thick plume of dust over Egypt (right) and Libya (left).		10/23/2005	483
	Egypt Monasteries and most visited churches THE COMPLETE COLLECTION for more info plz visit http://egypt-monasteries.info		03/29/2008	390
	Tanks in Egypt Tanks in Egypt, closer Pyramids, in the desert		03/04/2006	781
	line visible between israel and egypt It interisting to see how much we can easely see the difference between israel and egypt. The frontier is very marqued between these two countries. The frontier shows the difference between poor and rich country...		11/19/2005	533
	Pyramids in Egypt Placemarks for seven different famous pyramids in Egypt.		08/01/2005	5,024