Battle of Alam el Halfa Battle of Alam el Halfa The Battle of Alam el Halfa took place between 30 August and 5 September 1942 south of El Alamein during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. "Panzerarmee Afrika"—a German–Italian force commanded by "Generalfeldmarschall" Erwin Rommel—attempted an envelopment of the British Eighth Army, commanded by Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery. In the last major Axis offensive (Operation Brandung/"Unternehmung Brandung") of the Western Desert Campaign, Rommel had planned to defeat the Eighth Army before Allied reinforcements made an Axis victory in Africa impossible. Montgomery, who had been forewarned of Rommel's intentions by Ultra intelligence intercepts, left
Field marshal (Serbia and Yugoslavia) to the underage of king, deputy Supreme Commander would be Field Marshal active or in reserve. After the end of World War II, the proclamation of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on November 29, 1945 and the establishment of the Yugoslav People's Army on April 24, 1946, adopted the military hierarchy modeled on the Soviet Union with Marshal as the highest rank. This decree abolished all ranks who had previously force is an act of Field Marshal that existed for a full forty-four years ceased to exist. Field marshal (Serbia and Yugoslavia) Field Marshal ( or etymologically; "Battle Warlord")