Rommel's plan was for the 90th Light Division and the 15th and 21st Panzer divisions of the Afrika Korps to penetrate the Eighth Army lines between the Alamein box and Deir el Abyad (which he believed was defended).
Rencana Rommel adalah untuk Divisi Cahaya 90 dan dua Afrika Korps lapis baja divisi-15 dan ke-21 Panzer-menembus garis Kedelapan Army antara kotak Alamein dan Deir el Abyad (yang ia percaya dipertahankan).