Veterans of the Battle of El Alamein are to attend a special service at Westminster Abbey to mark its 70th anniversary.
The Allied victory in North Africa led by General Montgomery was seen as a turning point in World War II.
More than 4,000 Allied servicemen lost their lives and almost 9,000 were wounded.
The victory over German and Italian forces came after 12 days of intense fighting in the desert.
The service is expected to be attended by around 40 British and Australian veterans, many of whom are now in their 90s.
The ceremony will include readings and an address by the Reverend Jonathan Woodhouse, chaplain-general to HM Land Forces, in tribute to those who fought in the battle.
Wreaths will also be laid at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.
At the time of the battle the Allies were fighting to keep their vital supply lines open, from the Mediterranean to their forces in the east.
But the German Afrika Korps commanded by General Erwin Rommel had inflicted heavy defeats on Allied forces in Africa.
Describing the significance of the battle in October and November 1942, Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill said: "Before Alamein we never had a victory, after Alamein we never had a defeat."
The Allied victory frustrated Nazi hopes of taking the Suez Canal and the Persian oilfields.
Last week veterans from Britain, Australia, New Zealand and other allies gathered at the Commonwealth war cemetery in northern Egypt, on the edge of what was the desert battlefield, to mark the victory.
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