battle of el alamein

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battle of el alamein - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Battle of El Alamein
      n 1: a pitched battle in World War II (1942) resulting in a
           decisive Allied victory by British troops under Montgomery
           over German troops under Rommel [syn: El Alamein, Al Alamayn
           , Battle of El Alamein]