85 - Monty fights to buy time for the 8th Army at Alam Halfa

This is our 5th episode of our 2nd Battle of El Alamein series.  This episode looks at Rommel's attack at Alam Halfa just 17 days after Monty took command. 

• Why did Rommel attack?
• How did Monty prepare for the attack?
• How did the Battle go?
• What lessons were learnt?

Check out the show notes for the podcast for all of the information that we cover in this episode as well as the images and other details that didn't make it into the podcast.