Alamein

'Alamein'
Signed Limited Edition of 200
Image Size 22.5" x 11.5"
Date of publication

El Alamein is a town on Egypt's Mediterranean coast.
It's known for a decisive 1942 WWII battle, commemorated in El Alamein War Museum with uniforms and tanks.
Desert plants surround El Alamein War Cemetery's headstones.
Just outside town, the German War Memorial is a fortress-like structure with a central obelisk, built over a mass grave.
The Italian War Memorial is a tower inscribed inside with names of the dead.
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.
However, 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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