<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mw0w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: Allied forces commence the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein" id="mw1A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Second Battle of El Alamein">Second Battle of El Alamein</a>, which proves to be the key turning point in the North African campaign.