El Alamein: Rommel begins his retreat. He suffers 9,000 dead or missing, 15,000 wounded, and 400 tanks destroyed. The British Eighth Army suffers 5,000 dead or missing, 9,000 wounded, and 500 tanks destroyed. The Second El Alamein is over. Despite the great confusion, Rommel manages to save 70,000 of the army’s 90,000 men in a fighting retreat.
