World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins.

Battle of Alam el Halfa

1942 battle of World War II

The Battle of Alam el Halfa took place between 30 August and 5 September 1942 south of El Alamein during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. Panzerarmee Afrika, attempted an envelopment of the British Eighth Army. In Unternehmen Brandung, the last big Axis…