Afrika Korps gets bogged down

1st September 1942: Rommel ends his new offensive after just three days

'Australians storm a strongpoint'. A posed portrait of Australian troops advancing during the Second Battle of El Alamein, 3 September 1942.

Despite the tremendous pounding they had received from the British artillery and round the clock bombing from the RAF, Rommel's Panzers continued to try to push eastwards. They then fell victim to a deception plan t…