It followed the First Battle of El Alamein, which had stalled the Axis advance into Egypt, after which, in August 1942, Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery had taken command of the British Eighth Army from General Claude Auchinleck.
It followed the First Battle of El Alamein. El Alamein had stalled the Axis advance into Egypt. Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery had taken command of the British Eighth Army from General Claude Auchinleck after Egypt. This was in August 1942.