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SAT 24 OCT 1942War day 1,150Mediterranean & North Africa
A front-line inspection put Panzer Army Africa’s acting commander in an exposed car. The loss was immediate; the cause of his death remained less certain.
On 24 October 1942, General Georg Stumme drove toward the front near El Alamein with Colonel Andreas Büchting, his chief signals officer. Stumme had taken overall command of Panzer Army Africa while Erwin Rommel was away because of illness and exhaustion. The British offensive had opened the previous evening with a massive bombardment. This was the second day of the Second Battle of El Alamein, and Stumme went forward to review the situation.
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