1-st battle of El Alamein
Germans
List and number of tanks for the opponents.
AlIies
Settings:
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Tickets: 30 000
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Respawn limits:
- Western Allies 100 times/team, 4 times/player.
- Germans 77 times/team, 4 times/player.
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Recommended time limit: 60 minutes
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Recommended number of players: 50+ (both teams equal 25+ vs. 25+)
Historical background
The First Battle of El Alamein (1–27 July 1942) was a battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, fought in Egypt between Axis forces (Germany and Italy) of the Panzer Army Africa (Panzerarmee Afrika) (also known as the Afrika Korps) commanded by Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) Erwin Rommel nicknamed 'The Desert Fox' and Allied (British Imperial and Commonwealth) forces (Britain, British India, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand) of the Eighth Army, commanded by General Claude Auchinleck. The British prevented a second advance by the Axis forces into Egypt.
Axis positions near El Alamein, only 66 mi (106 km) from Alexandria, were dangerously close to the ports and cities of Egypt, the base facilities of the Commonwealth forces and the Suez Canal, and the Axis forces were too far from their base at Tripoli in Libya, to remain at El Alamein indefinitely, which led both sides to accumulate supplies for more offensives, against the constraints of time and distance.
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