I ended up canceling Starz because I have Netflix. Most of the movies and all of the series seem to be available for streaming at the same time they're being shown on the network. I caught Spartacus and Pillars of the Earth the same weeks they aired on Starz.
Winston Chuchill was quoted as saying: before Alamein we never won a battle, after Alamein we never lost one.   Answer   The Battle was a turning point in the North African campaign. Just prior to this, the British changed their commanders.
The second battle of El Alamein was a defeat for Rommel and was the beginning of a general retreat of the Axis in North Africa, which eventually ended up in Tunisia.