29. Bertram Worked
When the Battle of El Alamein commenced with a massive artillery bombardment on the night of October 23rd, 1942, Axis commanders were surprised that the British Eighth Army’s main thrust came in the north, and not in the south as had been expected. As British planners had predicted, fuel shortages kept their foes from redeploying troops from their southern sector to reinforce and meet the threat to the north. The result was a complete British victory.