Around midnight, 51st Division launched three attacks, but no one knew exactly where they were. [100], On the night of 2 November, Montgomery once again reshuffled his infantry in order to bring four brigades (5th Indian, 151st, 5th New Zealand and 154th) into reserve under XXX Corps to prepare for the next thrust. Elle se déroule du 23 octobre 1942 au 3 novembre 1942, près d'El-Alamein en Égypte, et oppose la 8e armée britannique dirigée par Bernard Montgomery au Deutsches Afrika Korps d'Erwin Rommel. Discutez des points à améliorer en page de discussion ou modifiez l'article. 23 October: Operation Lightfoot (Second Battle of El Alamein) begins. Quatre cent vingt-deux chars sont des Grant et des Sherman M4, modernes et bien armés, qui rivalisent avec le Panzer IV aussi bien pour le canon, le blindage ou la vitesse (avec un moteur puissant ) . [126], Allied Forces attack: 10:00 p.m. 23 October, Axis Armoured Divisions counter-attack: 6:00 p.m. 24 October, Allies attempt to break through: night of 25 October, Axis counter-attack and attack by 9th Australian Division: afternoon, 25 October, Folgore Parachutist Division attacked from three directions: 10:30 p.m. 25 October to 3:00 a.m. 26 October, Allies advance: 51st Highland Division takes Kidney Ridge, Littorio Armoured Division counter-attacks: 5:00 p.m. 26 October, Both sides redeploy: night of 26 to 27 October, Axis fails to retake Kidney Ridge: 8:00 a.m. 27 October, Allies attempt to push back Trento Division: 28 October, Operation Supercharge begins, 9th Australian fails to break through: 11:00 p.m. 31 October 1942, Tank Battle of Tell el Aqqaqir: 9:00 a.m. 2 November; Axis forces begin retreat: 10:00 p.m. 2 November, Axis forces prepare to fall back: 3 November, Axis forces halt their retreat: 3 November, Allied forces break through: 7:00 a.m. 4 November; Trento, Bologna and Ariete Divisions destroyed, Axis forces flee. La limite sud de l’offensive est marquée par la dépression de Qattara qui était impraticable par les chars et la plupart des autres véhicules militaires en raison de ses caractéristiques spécifiques telles que la présence de lacs salés, de hautes falaises, d'escarpements et de fech-fech. [50], The attack in the XIII Corps sector to the south fared no better. General von Thoma's report to Rommel that night said he would have at most 35 tanks available to fight the next day and his artillery and anti-tank weapons had been reduced to ⅓ of their strength at the start of the battle. "[81], These actions by the Australians and British had alerted Montgomery that Rommel had committed his reserve in the form of 90th Light Division to the front and that its presence in the coastal sector suggested that Rommel was expecting the next major Eighth Army offensive in this sector. As to your troops, you can show them no other road than that to victory or death. Because of the distances involved, the troops were riding on 46th R.T.R. 9th Australian Division, in the north, should plan a crumbling operation for that night, while in the southern sector, 7th Armoured should continue to try to break through the minefields with support, if necessary, from 44th Division. [125] The last rearguards left Matruh on the night of 7/8 November but were only able to hold Sidi Barrani until the evening of 9 November. Hésitant, il obéit finalement. L'essence vient à manquer et la 21e Panzerdivision tombe en panne sèche durant sa fuite vers Marsa Matruh. It was a difficult task that was not achieved because of the depth of the Axis minefields. [140], Rommel conducted a text-book retreat, destroying all equipment and infrastructure left behind and peppering the land behind him with mines and booby traps. Après une longue hésitation due au tir de barrage allemand, au massacre qu'a subi la 9e brigade et à l'amas des troupes blindées allemandes, les Britanniques décident de ne pas lancer à l'assaut la 2nd Armoured Brigade contrairement aux ordres de Montgomery et de son état-major. Because the Allied deception confused the Axis as to the point of attack, Rommel departed from his usual practice of holding his armoured strength in a concentrated reserve and split it into a northern group (15th Panzer and Littorio Division) and a southern group (21st Panzer and Ariete Division), each organised into battle groups to be able to make a quick armoured intervention wherever the blow fell and prevent narrow breakthroughs from being enlarged. Temporary command was given to Major-General Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma. It was a bloody battle. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Enfin, la victoire de l'infanterie sera un préalable à l'engagement des chars.

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