El Alamein War Cemetery
About the place
- Country : Egypt , Alexandria
- Address : Alexandria - Marsa Matrouh Rd, Al Alameen City, El Alamein, Matrouh Governorate
- Category : Tombs
El Alamein War Cemetery
Alamein Memorial
Overview:
The city of El Alamein is located at the "106 kilometre" area on the Alexandria- Marsa Matruh road northwest of Cairo on the Mediterranean coast, and its population is about 11 thousand people.
Thousands of dead of the World War II were buried in this cemetery, who witnessed its bitterness, which was embodied by a phrase written on a Pharaonic obelisk calling for "respect for life."
The city has three main cemeteries; The first is for the Commonwealth forces, as well as two cemeteries for the dead German and Italian forces.
The German cemetery, which is called "Al Ma'zama Al Almaniya" is located in Tal Issa area overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, and contains the bodies and remains of more than 4,200 German soldiers who were killed in World War II.
El Alamein also includes the cemeteries of the Commonwealth countries, which include the bodies of 7367 soldiers from Britain, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, India, Malaysia and France, and in that cemetery the names of about 11 thousand and 945 soldiers who were not found their remains were written, and it is believed that they have been lost in the desert.
As for the Italian cemetery, it is considered the most beautiful cemetery in terms of luxury and architecture, and in that cemetery, which contains 4,800 of the bodies of Italians killed in the war, there is a plaque indicating that the desert swallowed the bodies of about 38 thousand people.
The Italian cemeteries include a chapel, a mosque, a hall of memories, and a small museum.
The land on which the cemetery is located is donated by the Egyptian people, this was written on a memorial plaque in it.
Resources:
Wasf Misr book by Edward William Lane
Arabic.china website
Youm7 website
Tripadvisor website
