EGYPT-COMMONWEALTH FORCES-GERMANY-WWII-ANNIVERSARY

Soldiers of the Eighth Army belonging to the Commonwealth and Allied forces are seen in the desert in 1942 on the battlefield at El Alamein, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) west of Alexandria. The battle at El Alamein, which began 23 October 1942 and ended 12 days later, a culmination of two years of fighting in north Africa between 100,000 German and Italian troops, led by German Field Marshall Rommel and 150,000 Commonwealth and allied forces under the command of British Field Marshal Montgomery, proved a decisive allied victory, helping to establish control in the mediterranean and securing the Suez Canal. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)