If The Nazis Won El Alamein | Hitler Rules Until The 1950s And Spain & Turkey Join Axis Powers

It's the middle of 1942, the Soviet Union is struggling to repel a major German offensive in southern Russia. The US is victorious at the Battle of Midway, but the British campaign in North Africa is at a crossroads. The so called Desert Fox, Erwin Rommel has driven them out of Libya and pushed the British Eighth Army into Egypt.

Yet two battles at El Alamein on Egypt's northern coast push the advance to a halt. A brutal standoff throughout July ends in stalemate, but sees the Panzer Army Africa stopped in its tracks, and just three months later, beginning on the 23rd of October, the charismatic and controversial Lieutenant General Bernard 'Monty' Montgomery secures the British Army's first decisive victory against the axis, one which boosted morale and helped Change the war. But What if this victory didn't occur?

Joining James Hanson this week is historian and researcher at the Tank museum Chris Copson, along with historian and author Rear-Admiral Dr Chris Parry.

00:00 Introduction
02:10 Setting the scene in El Alamein
05:10 Where is El Alamein located
06:55 Eighth Army pushed back
09:10 Ultra intercepts help cut Rommel's supply lines
13:45 Montgomery's role in the battle
17:50 Rommel missing from the start
25:10 How the battle was won
32:25 What if El Alamein had gone differently?
36:40 What if the Eighth Army was not a factor?
39:00 What if the Suez Canal was closed?
41:50 What if Japan invaded India?
44:20 Final predictions

Welcome to History Undone with James Hanson, a channel that looks back at pivotal moments and asks 'What if?'. We'll be looking at key battles, strategic decisions and political outcomes with leading historians and current military experts and tacticians to see what might have happened differently, and more importantly, what impact those differences might have had on the world today.

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