Second Battle of El Alamein

What tactics did Montgomery employ in the second battle of El Alamein that led to the Axis withdrawal from Africa? Montgomery effectively boosted the morale of his troops which in the end helped his 8th Army continue the fight. Coupled with determined soldiers, Montgomery also devised special tactics that allowed the Allies to break through the strong defense El Alamein provided, along with deception plans designed to reach the same goal. Montgomery also ended the battle with a relentless pursuit which was the final tactic that finished off Rommel’s army and pushed the Axis out of Africa. Montgomery began his assignment as leader of the 8th Army by raising the spirits of his troops. Before Montgomery was appointed in Africa, the 8th Army had been fighting Rommel’s troops and were exhausted and disheartened. This being known, Montgomery’s main goal, once he arrived in Africa, was to improve the spirits of his men. He regularly visited his troops in their units and made himself recognizable by wearing a black beret with two badges on it. Montgomery would talk to his army and he gave speeches, one line from a speech reads “Here we stand and fight; there can be no further withdrawal… we will stand and fight…

As General Bernard Law Montgomery once said, “Leadership is the capacity and will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.” It is the make or break skill factor in a multitude of scenarios. In regard to his conduct in leadership, he was not short of critics, for he was a widely contested person of interest. Despite his critics, Montgomery deserved his praise, because of his extraordinary impact due to his leadership during the Battle of El Alamein,…

The weaponry of World War I proclaimed the dawning of a new era of human conflict. The days of honorable combat were replaced with weapons of mass casualties such as machine guns and explosives of catastrophic proportions. But these tools of death paled in comparison to the horrors of chemical warfare. Poison gases removed the enemy, replacing him with a faceless horror that more resembled the superstitions and ghosts of the Dark Ages than the newest scientific advantages of the 20th century.…

The night out was cold, about four degrees Celsius. Men were huddled up together, while others kept their eyes out for the German troops. The first battle of Ypres didn’t go so well, our enemies had used a new weapon on the French troops. It was some sort of deadly chemical weapon. It was April 21st, 1915, so far we didn’t know what to call this war. It was enormous, and affected most of the world. Poor Belgium wasn’t even a part of the force, but Germany tried to attack France by going through…

against the German and Austro-Hungarian empires. The first major battle fought by Canadian troops in the First World War took place from 22 April to 25 May 1915, outside the Belgian city of Ypres. After arriving at Ypres, the Canadian soldiers took a position between the British and French division. Two Canadian brigades were in the front lines, with a third in reserve near Ypres. On April 22, at 5 p.m., the Germans released gas against the French 45th Division to the Canadians’ left. When it…

The book The Killer Angels by Micheal Shaara is about the battle of Gettysburg and attempts to convey the historical event by presenting it in a fashion that feels fictional, but is based on documents and letters that were set around that time. The book covers the event through the eyes of different confederate and union officers, and is told in such a way that you feel sympathetic to the characters because you can see their panic, and the decision making process that each officer uses. This…

The second battle of Bull Run also known as the “Second Battle of Manassas” was Larger in scale than the first. There were four primary generals, General Robert E. Lee, Major General John Pope, and Major General George B. McClellan. It had four times the amount of casualties than the original Battle of Bull Run. Taken place in Northern Virginia it was a battle between Union and Confederate Armies on August 28-30 1862. John Pope led the Union army, and on the Confederate side General Robert E.…

The Battle of El Alamein was a key turning point in World War II. This battle between the British Empire and the German-Italian army was a fight that had the Generals from both sides using deception and false intelligence to lure their opponents into trap after trap. In July 1942 the British Empire armies that consisted of Anzac, Indian, and South African forces retreated from the Libyan coast after they had fought the Italian army across North Africa, but when the German Africa Corps arrived…

The Axis divisions, virtually ignorant of what was transpiring on the other side of the lines, threw themselves against the Allied defenses from July to early September without success at El Alamein. After the Afrika Korps initial stop at El Alamein, Rommel’s army emplaced approximately 500,000 mines, The Devil’s Garden, along the 40-mile strip ensuring British tanks could not launch a surprise armor offensive. However, on the night of October 23, 1942, General Montgomery initiated Operation…

Battles Socials 11 Lesson 2 Who, What, Where, When, Why/How Blitzkrieg: 1939 - 1945 Is a military tactic that was used by german troops in the second world war The term Blitzkrieg refers to “lightening war” which was designed to create disarray amongst enemy forces through firepower The Phony War: September 1939 - April 1940 The Phoney War was a period of time during the Second World War when no major battles took place and there was little fighting During this period, Great Britain…