Editing First Battle of El Alamein (section)

===Axis plan of attack===
[[File:Immagine bastico historia.jpg|thumb|upright|Marshal [[Ettore Bastico]], Supreme Commander of Axis Forces in North Africa and Rommel's superior.|alt=|234x234px]]
Rommel's plan was for the 90th Light Division and the 15th and 21st ''Panzer'' divisions of the ''[[Afrika Korps]]'' to penetrate the Eighth Army lines between the Alamein box and Deir el Abyad (which he believed was defended). The 90th Light Division was then to veer north to cut the coastal road and trap the defenders of the Alamein box (which Rommel thought was occupied by the remains of the 50th Infantry Division) and the ''Afrika Korps'' would veer right to attack the rear of XIII Corps.