Second Battle of El Alamein Second Battle of El Alamein The Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October – 11 November 1942) was a battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein. The First Battle of El Alamein had prevented the Axis from advancing further into Egypt. In August 1942, General Claude Auchinleck was relieved as Commander-in-Chief Middle East Command. When Lieutenant-General William Gott was killed on his way to replace Auchinleck as commander of the Allied Eighth Army, Lieutenant-General Bernard Law Montgomery was appointed command in his place, and led the Eighth Army in a
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")