Video: Oct. 23, 1942 (at 0:00)

(Friday, October 23, 1942, 21:40 Egyptian Summer Time, part of Western Desert Campaign of World War II) — The Second Battle of El Alamein opened today as British Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery unleashed the British 8th Army against Axis forces at El Alamein in Egypt.

Video: 'Blitzkrieg to the Bomb' (Second Battle of El Alamein at 42:38)