Tank garden
Open-air vehicle display.
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A museum telling the story of the Battles of El Alamein in the Second World War, when Allied forces under Montgomery faced the German and Italian Axis forces under Rommel in the Alamein desert in 1942, battles that turned the course of the war in North Africa. Its outdoor garden is an open-air display of tanks, guns and military vehicles from both sides, among them British, American and Italian tanks, field guns and an aircraft, set on stone plinths among the trees. Inside are halls for each of the nations involved, showing uniforms on soldier figures, weapons, medals, maps, photographs and documents, battle models and busts of the commanders including Rommel and Montgomery, alongside a hall on Egypt's role. It opens daily from about nine to four according to guides; we could not confirm the current ticket price, so check at the box office. It is near the Commonwealth cemetery, with the German and Italian memorials a few kilometres west.
Open-air vehicle display.
Uniforms, medals, papers.
The two commanders.
El Alamein town, on the coast road near the Commonwealth cemetery
About an hour for the museum and garden; with the Commonwealth cemetery and the German and Italian memorials it fills half a day.
