1 July 1942
Battle of Alamein, 1st
The Axis advance into Egypt is stopped at El Alamein before it can reach Alexandria or Suez.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at El Alamein in Italy. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
The Axis advance into Egypt is stopped at El Alamein before it can reach Alexandria or Suez.
Ariete reaches El Alamein with depleted strength and attacks British positions under Arena's acting command.
After heavy fighting at El Alamein, the weakened Ariete Division is temporarily withdrawn from the front.
Ariete returns to the El Alamein front after receiving limited replacement tanks and equipment.
Lombardi is seriously wounded while commanding the Brescia Division during the First Battle of El Alamein.
Infante assumes command of Ariete during the defensive phase around El Alamein.
La Ferla takes command of the Trieste Motorised Division in Egypt.
Predieri assumes command of the Brescia Division on the El Alamein front.
Arena returns to command Ariete as the division rebuilds for the next British offensive.
Bitossi resumes command of the Littorio Armoured Division before the decisive autumn fighting at El Alamein.
Predieri is killed while commanding the Brescia Division on the El Alamein front.
Brunetti assumes command of Brescia during the final days before the British offensive at El Alamein.
Bignami assumes acting command of Folgore after Frattini leaves the division.
Frattini leaves command of the Folgore Division shortly before the main British offensive at El Alamein.
Commands the Folgore paratroopers holding the southern sector during the Second Battle of El Alamein.
Bignami's Folgore defends the southern sector against repeated British attacks during the opening of the El Alamein offensive.
Arena commands Ariete, initially held in the southern armoured reserve during the Second Battle of El Alamein.
La Ferla leads Trieste as the British Eighth Army opens the Second Battle of El Alamein.
Bitossi commands Littorio when the British offensive begins at El Alamein.
Brunetti's Brescia sector comes under heavy British attack during the Second Battle of El Alamein.
Arena leads Ariete during the final large Axis armoured counterattack, which fails to restore the El Alamein front.
Mussolini supports Hitler's order that Axis troops hold their ground despite Rommel's request to retreat.
Ariete moves north under Arena in an attempt to contain the widening British breakthrough.
Littorio suffers catastrophic losses during the British breakthrough and ceases to function as an effective armoured division.
Bignami receives orders to withdraw the battered Folgore formations after days of defensive fighting in the southern sector.
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