Second Battle of El Alamein order of battle


The Second Battle of El Alamein was a battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein. The First Battle of El Alamein and the Battle of Alam el Halfa had prevented the Axis from advancing further into Egypt.
The Allied victory was the beginning of the end of the Western Desert Campaign, eliminating the Axis threat to Egypt, the Suez Canal and the Middle Eastern and Persian oil fields. The battle revived the morale of the Allies, being the first big success against the Axis since Operation Crusader in late 1941. The end of the battle coincided with the Allied invasion of French North Africa in Operation Torch on 8 November, which opened a second front in North Africa.

High-level orders of battle

Allies

Middle East Command: Lieutenant-General Harold Alexander
British Eighth Army

Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery

Axis

Delegazione Africa Settentrionale : Generale di Corpo D' Armata Curio Barbasetti
Panzerarmee Afrika
Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel

Allies

Middle East Command
Lieutenant-General Harold Alexander
British Eighth Army
Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery
Under direct Army command
'''Army troops'''

British XXX Corps

XXX Corps occupied the northern sector of the Allied front.
Divisions deployed north to south

British XIII Corps

XIII Corps occupied the southern sector of the Allied front.
Divisions deployed north to south

British X Corps

X Corps supplied reserve divisions behind the main Allied line.
Divisions deployed north to south

Axis

Delegazione Africa Settentrionale
Generale di Corpo D'Armata Curio Barbasetti

''Panzerarmee Afrika''

Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel
'Divisions deployed north to south'''''

''Deutsches Afrika Korps''

Generalleutnant Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma
'German 90th Light Afrika'' Division'''

Italian XXI Army Corps

Generale di Corpo d'Armata Enea Navarini
Generale di Divisione Alessandro Gloria

Italian XX Army Corps

Generale di Divisione Giuseppe De Stefanis
Northern Sector
'Southern Sector'''''

Italian X Army Corps

Generale di Divisione Federico Ferrari Orsi
Generale di Divisione Enrico Frattini
Generale di Divisione Edoardo Nebbia
'Reserve Divisions during the Battle'''''