November 2nd, 1942

Operation Supercharge

El Alamein. After his victory in Gazala and Tobruk, Rommel pursued the British into Egypt to the Alamein ‘Line’. El Alamein was the last defensive position west of the Suez Canal, and the British needed to hold the Axis forces there at all costs. On the night of November 1-2, Montgomery launched Operation ‘Supercharge’, a large frontal assault on the Tell el Aqqaqir defences along the Rahman track, which was the base of the Axis defense, in an effort ‘to bring about the disintegration of the whole enemy army’. It was to be the largest armour battle of the engagement. The intensity and the destruction in Supercharge were greater than anything witnessed so far during this horrific battle.

Germany	Great Britain
Ground Forces
VW Typ 87E Opel Blitz S 3.6 Sd.Kfz. 7 PzKpfw IV Ausf. F2 PzKpfw III Ausf. L PzKpfw III Ausf. J (late) PzKpfw IV Ausf. F Panzerjäger I 2. Serie Opel Blitz S 3.6 (Zwillingssockel Typ 36) Sd.Kfz. 7/1	Willys MB SAS Chevy 30cwt LRDG Bedford OY Universal Carrier Crusader Mk III Sherman II (early) Churchill Mk III Bishop Chevy 30cwt Breda Portee
Aircraft
Messerschmitt BF 109F-4 Junkers Ju 87B-2 "Stuka"	Supermarine Spitfire Mk. Vb Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter Mk. IC
Stationary Weapons
2 cm Flak 38 8.8 cm Flak 18 5 cm PaK 38 7.5 cm PaK 40	40mm Bofors