El Alamein

Coming from Alexandria, the Greek memorial is the first you will encounter. It's in the form of a small classical temple, bordered by walls on three sides. These walls have plates with inscribed names of fallen soldiers.

About 850 m from the Greek memorial, at the northeastern corner of the park making up the Commonwealth Memorial complex. The memorial has the inscription: South Africans outspanned and fought here during their trek from Italian Somaliland to Germany 1939–1945. Union Defence Forces. Army Air-Force Navy.

A big stone cross on a stone pedestal watches over the cemetery which is 20 hectares in size. It's the final resting place for 7,367 soldiers, 821 of which are unknown and whose names aren't written on the tombstones. Most of the fallen are British, in addition there are Australians, New Zealanders, Indians, Malaysians, Melanesians, Canadians, Greek, French, Poles, South Africans are buried here. The memorial, designed by Sir Hubert Worthington, has inscriptions of about 12,000 other soldiers whose remains could not be found.

In the northern corner of the cemetery is a memorial to Australian soldiers.

The museum, established in 1956, describes the war in North Africa and the military technology of both sides. Photography is allowed with a phone, not with other kinds of equipment. Closes for Friday prayer for one hour, during that time you may only stay in the outdoor areas.

The German cemetery is at Height 26, north of the highway. The octagonal central part is made of Egyptian limestone and was inaugurated on 28 October 1959. It has a diameter of 42 metres and towers 12 metres in height on the corners, and was inspired by Castel del Monte in Andria (in the south of Italy). On the rear wall of the lobby, there's a golden mosaic depicting a cross and the Four Evangelists, and the lobby also has a memorial to 31 unknown soldiers. The inner yard has seven cenotaphs with names of German regions, and there are plates with names of 4280 soldiers buried at the cemetery. The memorial was designed by architect Robert Tischler.

A few kilometres northwest of the German memorial, along the highway, at Height 33 "Tell el-Eyssa". The entrance is through the "leaf alley" with four 47 mm guns and a small chapel with the remains of the Italian construction workers who died when working on Egyptian dams. The alley leads to the massive octagonal central tower made of marble. Inside the tower there's a gallery with and altar and five big windows. Around it there are the graves of around 4,600 named and 2,500 unnamed Italian soldiers. The memorial was designed by Paolo Caccia Dominioni di Sillavengo, and there are good views to the surroundings.

Libya was an Italian colony before WWII, and thus there were Libyans fighting on the Italian side. Next to the Italian memorial, there's an Libyan cemetery where 228 soldiers are buried, and it also has its own mosque.