Pertempuran El Alamein Pertama

Pertempuran El Alamein Pertama (1–27 Juli 1942) adalah sebuah pertempuran dari Kampanye Gurun Barat dari Perang Dunia Kedua, yang terjadi di pesisir utara Mesir antara pasukan blok Poros (Jerman dan Italia) dari Tentara Panzer Afrika (Panzerarmee Afrika) (juga dikenal sebagai Korps Afrika) yang dikomandani oleh Jenderal Besar (Generalfeldmarschall) Erwin Rommel yang berjuluk "Rubah Gurun" dan pasukan Sekutu (Kekaisaran Britania, India Britania, Australia, Afrika Selatan dan Selandia Baru) dari Tentara Kedelapan, yang dikomandani oleh Jenderal Claude Auchinleck.

Pertempuran El Alamein Pertama
Bagian dari Kampanye Gurun Barat pada Perang Dunia Kedua
Infanteri Inggris menjaga posisi defensif karung pasir di dekat El Alamein, 17 July 1942.
Tanggal 1–27 Juli 1942 Lokasi El Alamein, Mesir Hasil Jalan buntu
Pihak terlibat
Blok Poros Jerman Italia	Sekutu Britania Raya India Britania Australia Selandia Baru Uni Afrika Selatan
Tokoh dan pemimpin
Erwin Rommel Enea Navarini	Claude Auchinleck Dorman Smith
Kekuatan
96,000 tentara 70 tank awalnya ~500 pesawat	150,000 tentara 179 tanks awalnya 1.000+ artileri 1,500+ pesawat
Korban
Jerman: 10,000 korban Italia: tidak diketahui 7,000 tahanan	13,250 korban

Posisi blok Poros berada di dekat El Alamein, yang hanya berjarak 66 mi (106 km) dari Iskandariyah

Catatan

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Pranala luar

• First Battle of El Alamein, from Italian "Comando Supremo"
• Royal Engineers Museum Diarsipkan 2009-05-03 di Wayback Machine. Royal Engineers and Second World War (Deception and mine clearance at EL Alamein)
• 1st Alamein a free/educational lunch-hour boardgame of the battle, to print off, assemble, and play
• Alam Halfa and Alamein New Zealand Electronic Text Centre
• Battles of El Alamein
• Templat:Cwgc cemetery