Second Battle of El Alamein order of battle

The Allied victory was the beginning of the end of the Western Desert Campaign, eliminating the Axis threat to Egypt, the Suez Canal and the Middle Eastern and Persian oil fields.

The battle revived the morale of the Allies, being the first big success against the Axis since Operation Crusader in late 1941.

Middle East Command: Lieutenant-General Harold Alexander British Eighth Army Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery Delegazione Africa Settentrionale (Delease): Generale di Corpo D' Armata Curio Barbasetti Panzerarmee Afrika Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel Middle East CommandLieutenant-General Harold Alexander British Eighth ArmyLieutenant-General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery Under direct Army command Army troops

Delegazione Africa Settentrionale (Delease)Generale di Corpo D'Armata[s] Curio Barbasetti Generalfeldmarschall [t] Erwin Rommel [u]

Divisions deployed north to south Generalleutnant [v] Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma German 90th Light Afrika Division [7] Generale di Corpo d'Armata Enea Navarini Generale di Divisione Alessandro Gloria (Thru 26 October)