 Kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Pavakasvika kuNorth Africa, mauto aHorrocks akarairwa kuti vadzivirire rwizi rweAlam el Halfa kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweEgypt kubva pakurwiswa kwaitarisirwa neAfrika Korps. Anonetsekana kuti kurasikirwa kukuru kwaizokanganisa kurwisa kwake kwakarongwa kweEl Alamein, Montgomery akarayira Horrocks kuti adzivise mauto aErwin Rommel asingatamburi zvisina kufanira mukuita kudaro. Horrocks akagadzirira hondo yokuzvidzivirira bedzi, nhumbi dzake dzokurwa nadzo dzakacherwa mumupata. Apo vaGermany vakarwisa musi wa30 Nyamavhuvhu, vakakundikana kukwezva matangi eBritain akananga kumapfuti avo e88 mm - zano rakanga ramboshandiswa kubudirira kukuru - uye vakazviwana vachirohwa nezvombo zvehondo uye neDesert Air Force DAF. Hondo yakapera nemaGerman achidzora chikomo cheHimeihat, asi nemutengo wakakwira, uye maAllied mauto aisada kuedza kuitora zvakare mushure mekutadza kurwisa kwe2nd New Zealand Division. Kubudirira kweuto mukuzvidzivirira kwakasimudza ushingi, uye Horrocks akarumbidzwa nomutevedzeri wake, Brigadier George Roberts, nokuda kwounyanzvi hwake hunoshamisa hwokupa chivimbo nechido kwose kwaanoenda. Montgomery,wo, akafara, achiti anofanira kurumbidzwa zvikuru nokuda kwechiito chake pazuva iroro. 