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- Devil's_gardens abstract "The Devil's gardens was the name given by Erwin Rommel, commander of the German Afrika Korps during World War II, to the defensive entanglements of land mines and barbed wire protecting his positions during the Second Battle of El Alamein in late 1942. The defences stretch from the Mediterranean coast to the Qattara Depression. During the 'break-in' phase of the battle, British commander Lieutenant General Bernard Montgomery planned for engineer troops supporting infantry brigades of 2nd New Zealand Division to clear lanes through the minefields along which attacking formations would pass into the Axis positions. Engineers using hand tools were supplemented by Scorpion tanks equipped with rotating flails to explode anti-vehicle mines. These did not work well and manual methods of clearing had to be employed. This would have been more difficult, had the minefields not been sown with relatively few anti-personnel mines.An estimated 3 million mines were laid before the battle, most of which remain in position to this day, becoming more unstable as the years pass and injuring local people who use the area.".
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- Devil's_gardens wikiPageID "10689421".
- Devil's_gardens wikiPageRevisionID "544766513".
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- Devil's_gardens subject Category:Western_Desert_Campaign.
- Devil's_gardens comment "The Devil's gardens was the name given by Erwin Rommel, commander of the German Afrika Korps during World War II, to the defensive entanglements of land mines and barbed wire protecting his positions during the Second Battle of El Alamein in late 1942. The defences stretch from the Mediterranean coast to the Qattara Depression.".
- Devil's_gardens label "Devil's gardens".
- Devil's_gardens label "حدائق الشيطان (بالعلمين)".
- Devil's_gardens sameAs m.02qmcwg.
- Devil's_gardens sameAs Q5267258.
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- Devil's_gardens depiction 2_Battle_of_El_Alamein_001.png.
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