Historical Overview

Alamein city .. where the second world war has placed ..

The First Battle of Alamein :

was a battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, fought in Egypt between Axis forces (Germany and Italy) of the Panzer Army Africa (Panzerarmee Afrika) (which included the Afrika Korps under Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) Erwin Rommel) and Allied (British Imperial and Commonwealth) forces (Britain, British India, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand) of the Eighth Army

The Second Battle of Alamein :

was a battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein. The First Battle of El Alamein and the Battle of Alam el Halfa had prevented the Axis from advancing further into Egypt.

Cross of Sacrifice Alamein war Musuem

Alamein city .. As a historical place ..

Alamein War Musuem :

El Alamein has a war museum with artifacts from North African battles Military Cemetries :

the city has many kinds of Nations

Germany Visitors can also go to the Italian and German military cemeteries on Tel el-Eisa Hill outside the town. The German cemetery is an ossuary, built in the style of a medieval fortress.

Italy The Italian cemetery is a mausoleum containing 5,200 tombs. Many tombs bear the soldier’s name with others simply marked IGNOTO, i.e. unknown

Greek There is a separate Greek cemetery at El Alamein.

Commonwealth of Nations

There is also a Commonwealth war cemetery, built and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, with graves of soldiers from various countries who fought on the Allied side. Buried here are 6,425 identified Commonwealth service personnel, 815 unidentified ones, and 102 of other nationalities;These include four Victoria Cross recipients

* Private Percival Gratwick, Australian Imperial Force * Private Arthur Stan Gurney, Australian Imperial Force * Sergeant William Bill Kibby, Australian Imperial Force * Private Adam Wakenshaw, Durham Light Infantry Others buried here include

* Squadron Leader George Barclay, RAF Battle of Britain fighter pilot * Major Henry Rew, Royal Tank Regiment This has monuments commemorating Greek, New Zealand, Australian, South African, Indian and Canadian forces. The cemetery entrance is through the Alamein Memorial and there is also a separate Alamein Cremation Memorial to 603 Commonwealth service personnel who died in Egypt and Libya and were cremated in line with their religion.

The names of 213 Canadian airmen appear on the Alamein Memorial in Egypt. The cemetery was designed by Sir J. Hubert Worthington