El Alamein

[ el ah-lah-meyn, -ah-luh- ]

noun

1. a town on the northern coast of Egypt, about 70 miles (113 km) west of Alexandria: decisive British victory October 1942.

El Alamein

/ ɛl ˈæləˌmeɪn /

noun

1. a village on the N coast of Egypt, about 112 km (70 miles) west of Alexandria: scene of a decisive Allied victory over the Axis forces (1942)

Example Sentences

In brief comments from El Alamein, Burhan said he wanted to end the war, but did not mention the possibility of talks.

From Reuters

It was a critical decision, for, as they were all to later learn, the 300 Shermans arrived in time to play a big part in the later British victory at El Alamein.

From Washington Post

Raising the Ukrainian flag over a government building, he echoed a famous speech by Winston Churchill after the British victory at the Second Battle of El Alamein in 1942.

From New York Times

Polina Petrova take part in pivotal campaigns of the war including the Battle of Midway, the Invasion of Stalingrad, Battle of El Alamein and Normandy Invasion.

From Washington Times

As a lieutenant in the Free French Forces, Mr. Germain went on to fight at El Alamein and in Tunisia before taking part in the Allied invasion of Italy in 1944.

From Washington Post