After the Fall of Tobruk, Erwin Rommel struck towards El Alamein in June 1942, and the British tried to make a stand at Mersa Matruh. But Rommel smashed through the line and surrounded Bernard Freyberg's New Zealanders at Minqar Qaim and Holmes's 10th Corps at Matruh itself. In desperation, Auchinleck sacked Ritchie and took command of the 8th Army himself to try and stop the Axis advance. This is the in-depth history of that battle.
Slight editing mistake: the date between 15:17 and 18:10 should read the 23rd of June 1942. Sorry about that.
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00:00:00 Recap and Intro
00:01:06 June 21st 1942
00:07:41 June 22nd 1942
00:11:16 June 23rd 1942
00:26:28 June 24th 1942
00:30:07 June 25th 1942
00:38:09 June 26th 1942
00:50:13 June 27th 1942
01:19:34 June 28th 1942
01:32:24 June 29th 1942 (and conclusion)
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