Talk:Battle of Alam el Halfa

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[edit] Operation Brandung

Brandung was the name of Rommel's offensive which resulted in this battle. Oberiko 22:22, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tactical German Victory?

I have a problem with the description of the battle being a 'tactical Axis victory'. Surely it was a tactical stalemate? It also needs to refer to the very different Commonwealth tactics laid down by Montgomery - ie the British tanks not charging strainght forwards to be impaled and destroyed by the lurking German 88 screen. I think Rommel put it best - "The swine isn't attacking." Darkmind1970 15:21, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Removed "Axis tactical victory".Raoulduke47 19:13, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Too Short?

I really do think that this article is too short and nowhere detailed enough. After all, it was quite an achievement for 8th Army, after such a disasterous and tactically barren series of losses, to rally under new leadership and deliver such a stingine rebuff to Rommel's forces? Darkmind1970 16:52, 15 December 2006 (UTC)