THE FIRST BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN IN JULY 1942 WAS A BATTLE IN THE WESTERN DESERT IN EGYPT WHICH WOULD HOST THE SECOND BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN BETWEEN AXIS POWERS (ITALY AND GERMANY) AND THE ALLIES (THE BRITISH IMPERIAL COMMONWEALTH WIT AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS TO TAKE CONTROL OVER THE DESERTS OF EGYPT AND NORTHERN AFRICA.