boredatwork wrote: I doubt he was greatly superior in terms of resources or troops at Alam Halfa either.
..... I'm not sure what you deem to be >>greatly<< superior, but 8th Army was most certainly comfortably superior in almost all respects to Rommel's forces on the night that he launched his Alam Halfa attack - more and fresher infantry thanks to recent reinforcements, and approximately a 2:1 superiority in effective tanks (the relative artillery situation is unclear). In addition, they were infinitely better situated in terms of logistical support, airpower, and intelligence (ULTRA having given Rommel's game away before he ever launched it).
Byron