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    Exploring El Alamein

    Jun 03, 2022 4 minutes
    By Ken Bowra

    From the rocky, weathered fighting positions, facing to the northeast, we had excellent fields of fire and nearly unlimited observation of the battlefield. All was quiet now, as it had been for 51 years, following the most critical battle in the North African campaign of World War II. Here, at 21:40 on Oct. 23, 1942, Lt. General Bernard L. Montgomery, commander of the British Eighth Army, launched his much-anticipated offensive, with an intensive artillery barrage along the entire front. The Battle of El Alamein had begun. And traces remain today.

    On a hot summer day

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