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The New Zealand Division fell back to the Alamein Line, where it took part in the first Battle of Alamein. At Ruweisat on 15 July, and El Mreir a week later, the New Zealanders carried out their part of the attack plans by seizing their objectives in successful night assaults.
Maps showing the main locations in the North African Campaign of the Second World War
Shells bursting on the horizon at El Alamein, 1942
Map of El Alamein, June 1942
Members of the 28th New Zealand (Maori) Battalion on the last stage of a journey between El Alamein and Tripoli, February 1943