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| 1942 | Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre |  |
| 1st July Alamein, El Neither side can claim victory but the Allies gain shorter supply lines |
| 27th July Alamein, El Final day of the 1st Battle of El Alamein |
| 1942 | Leese, Oliver | |
| 23rd Oct Alamein, El Responsible for the initial breakthrough in the Northern Sector |
| 2nd Nov Alamein, El Responsible for the initial breakout at the end of the battle |
| 1942 | Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 6th Oct Alamein, El Issues the final plans for the 8th Army's offensive |
| 23rd Oct Alamein, El Launches an attack to prevent the Germans from advancing to the Suez Canal |
| 23rd Oct Alamein, El Rommel is on sick leave in Austria |
| 23rd Oct Alamein, El The 30th Corps & 13th Corps launch attacks on Himeimat & Gebel Kalakh |
| 25th Oct Alamein, El Montgomery confirms that the breakout must continue |
| 26th Oct Alamein, El 2 German tankers Proserpina & Tergesta are sunk depriving the Panzararmee of fuel |
| 3rd Nov Alamein, El Reduced to 30 serciceable tanks |
| 4th Nov Alamein, El The British armoured formations break through the German front |
| 4th Nov Alamein, El The British captue 9,000 prisoners & 260 tanks |
| 4th Nov Alamein, El The Germans & Italians lose more than 90,000 with Allied losses of 13,000 |
| 23rd Nov Alamein, El Launches a diversionary British attack in the South |
| 1951 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Alamein, El "Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat" |
