Chronology of World War II

Wednesday, August 5

Churchill greets Lt-Gen William Ramsden

Churchill greets Lt-Gen William Ramsden — Churchill greets Lt-Gen William Ramsden during a visit to the El Alamein front, August 7, 1942. Ramsden’s XXX Corps held the northern line at El Alamein, a line that Rommel’s Afrika Korps could not break.