<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Second Battle of El Alamein </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 24 October 1942: Soldiers of the 9th Australian Infantry Division in a posed attack . (Photographer: Len Chetwyn) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 23 October--11 November 1942 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> El Alamein, Egypt </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> Allied victory </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Germany Italy </Td> <Td> <P> United Kingdom </P> <Ul> <Li> India </Li> <Li> Palestine </Li> </Ul> Australia New Zealand South Africa Free French Free Greeks United States (air support) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ettore Bastico Georg Stumme † Erwin Rommel </Td> <Td> Harold Alexander Bernard Montgomery </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 116,000 men 547 tanks 192 armoured cars 770--900 aircraft (480 serviceable) 552 artillery pieces 496 anti-tank guns--1,063 </Td> <Td> 195,000 men 1,029 tanks 435 armoured cars 730--750 aircraft (530 serviceable) 892--908 artillery pieces 1,451 anti-tank guns </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 36,939 to 59,000 men c. 500 tanks 254 guns 64 German and 20 Italian aircraft </Td> <Td> 13,560 men 332--c. 500 tanks 111 guns 77 British and 20 US aircraft </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Second Battle of El Alamein </Th> </Tr>

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