El Alamein, Battle of
/ˌelæləˈmeɪn/- a battle of the Second World War fought in 1942 at El Alamein in Egypt, 90km (60 miles) west of Alexandria. The German Afrika Korps under Rommel was halted in its advance towards the Nile by the British 8th Army under Montgomery, giving a decisive British victory.阿拉曼战役(第二次世界大战中的一场战役, 1942年发生在亚历山大以西90公里[即60英里]的阿拉曼。隆美尔率领的德国北非远征军向尼罗河的推进在此被蒙哥马利领导的英国第八军阻止, 这是英军取得的决定性的一场胜利)。