Talk:Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

El Alamein
"in the Egyptian town of that name" This comment is a misleading, and perhaps superfluous, detail.

The second battle of El Alamein, as with the first battle of that name, did not take place in the Egyptian town of that name, not least because no such town existed. The defence line established to defend Egypt's desert flank was named after what in 1942 was merely a railway halt on the coastal line, as described in the articles First Battle of El Alamein Second Battle of El Alamein. The fighting took place in the open desert to south and west. I suggest changing to conform with the battle article, replacing existing text with "named after a minor railway halt marking the allied defence line." JF42 (talk) 09:26, 22 September 2022 (UTC)