Английская Википедия:El Alamein

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Шаблон:About Шаблон:Multiple issues Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox settlement Шаблон:Historical populations El Alamein (Шаблон:Lang-ar, Шаблон:IPA-arz) is a town in the northern Matrouh Governorate of Egypt. Located on the Mediterranean Sea, it lies Шаблон:Convert west of Alexandria and Шаблон:Convert northwest of Cairo. Шаблон:As of, it had a population of 7,397 inhabitants.Шаблон:Citation needed

The town is located on the site of the ancient city Antiphrai (Шаблон:Lang-gr).[1]

Tourism

El Alamein war museum

El Alamein has a war museum with artifacts from North African battles.Шаблон:Citation needed

Military cemeteries

Germany

There are Italian and German military cemeteries on Tel el-Eisa Hill outside the town. The German cemetery is an ossuary, built in the style of a medieval fortress.

Italy

The Italian cemetery is a mausoleum containing 5,200 tombs. Many tombs bear the soldier's names, with others simply marked IGNOTO, i.e. unknown.Шаблон:Citation needed

Greek

There is a Greek cemetery at El Alamein.

Commonwealth of Nations

There is a Commonwealth war cemetery, built and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, with graves of soldiers from various countries who fought on the Allied side. Buried here are 6,425 identified Commonwealth service personnel, 815 unidentified ones, and 102 of other nationalities.[2] These include four Victoria Cross recipients:[3]

Others buried here include:

This has monuments commemorating Greek, New Zealand, Australian, South African, Indian and Canadian forces. The cemetery entrance is through the Alamein Memorial and there is also a separate Alamein Cremation Memorial to 603 Commonwealth service personnel who died in Egypt and Libya and were cremated in line with their religion.[6]

The names of 213 Canadian airmen appear on the Alamein Memorial in Egypt.[7]

The cemetery was designed by Hubert Worthington.[8]

Climate

El Alamein has a hot desert climate, Köppen climate classification BWh, common with most of the Middle East and North Africa. However, like the rest of the northern coast of Egypt, its climate is slightly less hot, compared to the rest of Egypt, because of the prevailing Mediterranean Sea winds.

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World War II

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Bernard Montgomery watches his tanks move up during the Battle of El Alamein

Two important World War II battles were fought in the area:

  • At the First Battle of El Alamein (1–27 July 1942), the advance of Axis troops on Alexandria was blunted by the Allies, stopping the Italian and German forces that were trying to outflank the Allies' position.
  • At the Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October – 4 November 1942), Allied forces broke the Axis line and forced them all the way back to Tunisia. Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister at the time, said of this victory: "Now this is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." After the war, he wrote: "Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein, we never had a defeat."

Gallery

See also

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References

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External links

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  1. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  2. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  3. ↑ [1] Шаблон:Dead link Burial locations of VC holders in Egypt.
  4. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  5. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  6. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  7. ↑ Шаблон:Cite encyclopedia
  8. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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