El Al·a·mein 
(ĕl ăl′ə-mān, ä′lə-) also Al Al·a·mayn (ăl ăl′ə-mān, ä′lə-)
(ĕl ăl′ə-mān, ä′lə-) also Al Al·a·mayn (ăl ăl′ə-mān, ä′lə-) A town of northern Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea. In a decisive battle of World War II the British forces under Bernard Montgomery defeated Erwin Rommel's German troops here in November 1942.