<P> The Second Battle of El Alamein ( 23 October -- 11 November 1942 ) was a battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein . With the Allies victorious , it was the watershed of the Western Desert Campaign . The First Battle of El Alamein had prevented the Axis from advancing further into Egypt . In August 1942 , Lieutenant - General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery took command of the Eighth Army following the sacking of General Claude Auchinleck and the death of his replacement Lieutenant - General William Gott in an air crash . </P>
in which country were the two battles of el alamein fought
the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein