However, since Rommel was 500 km away at the First Battle of El Alamein, it is unlikely that the two were able to meet.[134] The plans for Einsatzgruppe Egypt were set aside after the Allied victory at the Second Battle of El Alamein.[135] Historian Jean-Christophe Caron opines that there is no evidence that Rommel knew of or would have supported Rauff's mission.[136]