On 23 October 1942 (September 14, 1942) the Battle of Alaman began. In 1942, Germany, due to the increasing tension on the Southern Front battlefield, had no time to consider the North African battlefield, Rommel's African legion consisting of the German army of only more than 80,000 men. The British army continued to strengthen the military forces of North Africa and the Mediterranean Sea. Montgomery was sent to Africa, as commander of the British Eighth Army, in charge of carrying out the destruction of Rommel's "African Army Corps" "Jet Fight commanded. On 23 October 1942, the British army on the Defense of Alaman launched a major counterattack on the German army, sinking the German military ships in the Mediterranean Sea, on 28 November, the British army broke through the