The Day Rommel Was Stopped : Casemate : 9781636241272 : 1636241271 : 15 Feb 2022 : George VI's biographer, Sir John Wheeler Bennett wrote ?The actual turning of the tide in the 2nd World War may be accurately determined as the first week of July 1942.? This book argues that it is possible to be even more exact: the tide turned at about 21.00 hrs. on 2 July 1942, when Rommel's tanks withdrew for the first time since the fall of Tobruk on 20 June, or arguably since 14 January 1942 at El Agheila.At dusk on Wednesday 1 July 1942, Rommel broke through the center of the British defenses at Alamein. His tanks had overwhelmed the gallant defense of the 18th Indian Infantry Brigade in the Deir el Shein at the foot of the Ruweisat Ridge. At that moment, and for the next twelve hours, there was no further organized defense between the spearhead of the Afrika Korps and Alexandria. Throughout the next day, only a handful of men and guns stood between Rommel and his prize.In Cairo, black clouds of s