Video: '153 - Not a Step Back! - Wehrmacht Closes in on Stalingrad - WW2 - July 31, 1942' (First Battle of El Alamein at 13:50)

(Monday, July 27, 1942, part of Western Desert Campaign of World War II) — The First Battle of El Alamein, fought in Egypt between Axis and Allied forces, ended in stalemate today, when attacks by the British Army’s XXX Corps failed to gain ground in Operation Manhood. Continue reading First Battle of El Alamein in British-occupied Egypt ends in stalemate 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 27 1942) →