I ended up canceling Starz because I have Netflix. Most of the movies and all of the series seem to be available for streaming at the same time they're being shown on the network. I caught Spartacus and Pillars of the Earth the same weeks they aired on Starz.
Winston Chuchill was quoted as saying: before Alamein we never won a battle, after Alamein we never lost one.   Answer   The Battle was a turning point in the North African campaign. Just prior to this, the British changed their commanders.
The Battle of El Alamein marked the culmination of the North African campaign between the forces of the British Empire and the German-Italian army commanded in the field by Erwin Rommel in World War II.