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To take it back from Axis control.

I imagine a main reason they would want it in the first place is because it is on the coast and whoever has control of El Alamein would have a foothold on Egypt and Northern Africa.

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They faught because someone farted and no one wanted to say who it was

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Q: Why did the Allies attack El Alamein?
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