Land mine invention by the Polish officer Józef Kosacki. His invention, known as the Polish mine detector, was used by the Allies alongside mechanical methods, to clear the German mine fields during the Second Battle of El Alamein when 500 units were shipped to Field Marshal Montgomery's Eighth Army. The Nazis used captured civilians who were chased across minefields to detonate the explosives. According to Laurence Rees "Curt von Gottberg, the SS-Obergruppenführer who, during 1943, conducted another huge anti-partisan action called Operation Kottbus on the eastern border of Belarus, reported that 'approximately two to three thousand local people were blown up in
Second Battle of El Alamein order of battle under Brigadier John Currie 35 Sherman, 37 Grant, 46 Crusader =118 under Major-General Dan Pienaar under Brigadier E.P. Hartshorn under Brigadier Evered Poole under Brigadier ? under Major-General Francis Tuker under Brigadier Dudley Russell under Brigadier Arthur Holworthy under Brigadier Francis E.C. Hughes under Brigadier George W. Richards 186 Valentine tanks (Marshal Ettore Bastico)<br> Category:Battles and operations of World War II involving India Second Battle of El Alamein order of battle The Second Battle of El Alamein order of battle is a listing of the significant formations that were involved in the Second Battle of El Alamein during the Western