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    El Alamein (Arabic: العلمين, romanized: al-ʿAlamayn, lit. 'the two flags', IPA: [elʕælæˈmeːn] ) is a town in the northern Matrouh Governorate of Egypt...
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    Marina, also Marina El Alamein (Arabic: مارينا العلمين  Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mæˈɾiːnæ l.ʕælæˈmeːn]), ancient Leukaspis or Antiphrae, is an upscale...
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  • New Alamein (Arabic: العلمين الجديدة), is a new city in northwest Egypt inaugurated by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on 1 March 2018. New Alamein...
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    Marina El Alamein (k) Marsa Alam (k) Mashtool El Souk (m) Matay (m) Menouf (k) Menouf (m) Mersa Matruh (k) Metoubes (m) Minya (k) Minya (m) Minya El Qamh...
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    they represent, may have been located at Alexandria. New finds from Marina el-Alamein strongly support such a view. In view of the near-total loss of Greek...
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    Ancient Roman town was discovered when the construction of the Marina Town in El-Alamein started, the Egyptian government then decided to convert that...
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    civitas (town) of Antiphrae, which has been tentatively identified with Marina El Alamein near Dresieh. The ancient bishopric was first in the Roman province...
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    Alamein, Lagos and Nairobi. However, since the 2000s, skyscrapers have been constructed in many other African cities, including Algiers, El Alamein,...
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    Amphitheater (Kom el-Dikka)". Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities. Retrieved 2017-11-19. Daszewski, Wiktor Andrzej (2007). "Marina el-Alamein". Seventy Years...
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    residential towers in New El-Alamein City". www.zawya.com. Retrieved 2021-08-20. "Downtown towers project implementation in New Alamein City, Egypt, begins"...
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    Egypt followed, with advances and retreats until the Second Battle of El Alamein in October 1942 when the Eighth Army (Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery)...
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    Alexandria, and happened to make a halt near a place which the Arabs call El Alamein. An ancient ruined church nearby in Abu Mena was dedicated to Saint Menas;...
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  • residential towers in New El-Alamein City". www.zawya.com. Retrieved 2021-08-20. "Downtown towers project implementation in New Alamein City, Egypt, begins"...
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    OCLC 1412578. Maughan, Barton (1966). "Chapter 10: Ed Duda" (PDF). Tobruk and El Alamein. Australia in the War of 1939–1945, Series 1 – Army. Vol. III (1st (online) ed...
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    Company, killed in action at the Second Battle of El Alamein in World War II at Deir El-Munassib, El Alamein, Egypt, October 25, 1942), married in Brussels...
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    Italo-German forces had occupied parts of British-held Egypt on their push to El-Alamein after their victory at Gazala. However, Italy's conquests were always...
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  • David di Donatello award. In 2002 he directed the World War II drama El Alamein - La Linea del Fuoco, which won three David di Donatello Awards (Best...
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    War, fought between naval forces of the Royal Navy and the Italian Regia Marina on 27 November 1940. On the night of 11 November 1940, the British incapacitated...
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    Axis supplies to North Africa immediately before the Second Battle of El Alamein. For the fortitude and courage of the Maltese people during the siege...
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    Ayia Napa (category CS1 Greek-language sources (el))
    of the city and symbolising their continuation. From Yorgopotamos to El Alamein, dedicated to the citizens of Ayia Napa who participated in the First...
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    Winston Churchill wrote in his Memories: "...before El Alamein we had only defeats, after El Alamein we had only victories...". The Italian Royal Army fought...
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    defensive position before Cairo itself; El Alamein. Auchinlek managed to stop Rommel with the First Battle of El Alamein. A new command team arrived in the...
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  • hotel with 3,000 rooms, a marina, and a golf course. The project also included the renovation of the well known Al-Alamein Hotel located within the property...
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    materiel and lives. In November 1942 the Axis lost the Second Battle of El Alamein and the Allies landed forces in Morocco and Algeria in Operation Torch...
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    ISBN 978-1-85605-552-9. Bierman, John; Smith, Colin (2002). The Battle of Alamein: Turning Point, World War II. New York: Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-03040-8...
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    Adriatic Sea, between the Royal Navy and the Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marina). In late 1940, Italian ships had been transporting men, equipment and supplies...
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    inaugurates New Alamein city, other national projects". Egypt Independent. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2021. Amr Saber Algarhi, Hanan Nasr El-Din (21 December...
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  • July 1: First Battle of El Alamein July 17: Battle of Stalingrad August 19: Dieppe Raid October 23: Second Battle of El Alamein November 8: Operation Torch...
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  • Paracadutisti "Folgore") 5º Battaglione paracadutisti "El Alamein" [it] (5th Paratroopers Battalion "El Alamein") 187th Paratroopers Regiment "Lightning" (187º...
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    milliards (1967). Stafford made two more Italian war films, The Battle of El Alamein (1969) with Michael Rennie. These movies brought the attention of Alfred...
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