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With frederick stafford, george hilton, michael rennie, marco guglielmi. Rommel, however, knew that he had by this point lost the chance for a quick dash to the delta, and the high rates of attrition meant that he was reluctant to pursue further attacks. The first was auchinleks and although he stopped rommel he did not inspire confidence in brooke and the restless armchair general in winston churchill and this is where the brash little monty steps in. Despite their preparations, the german panzers were again unable to break through. It marked the beginning of the end for the axis in north africa. First battle 127 july 1942after victory at battle of gazala,rommel advance toward egypt was checked by general auchinleck. Set during the titular desert battle of 1942, the film departs from expectation by concentrating on the axis point of view. In this dramatization of a key battle from world war ii, the story is told from the point of view of the axis forces. This article includes a list of related items that share the same name or similar names. The axis army of italy and germany suffered a decisive defeat by the british eighth army. Though they mistrust one another, the german and italian troops are forced to work shoulder to shoulder to ward off the british. Located on the arabs gulf, mediterranean sea, it lies 106 kilometres 66 mi west of alexandria and 240 kilometres 149 mi northwest of cairo. Second battle battle of alam halfa 30 august5 september 1942. The film is basically one long trek across the desert, focusing on the.

After the first battle of elalamein, egypt 150 miles west of cairo, ended in a stalemate, the second one was decisive. Auchinleck had lost all credibility with churchill due to the loss of tobruk and galaza and what the prime minister perceived as a fondness for retreats. Vara lui 1942, trupele lui rommel avanseaza in africa, for. The battle of britain with ewan mcgregor military history documentary timeline duration. Montgomerys eighth army stops rommels afrika korps in 1942 egypt. Mussolini has given explicit orders that italys forces were to reach the city first. They suffered heavy casualties at ruweisat ridge and.

Having lost 55,000 men, 320 tanks, and approximately 1,000 guns, the italiangerman army was forced to abandon plans for offensive operations once and for all and to begin a general retreat. Timeline world history documentaries 301,805 views 1. The italian army paid a heavy price for mussolini throwing them into a war probably twothree years earlier than it was actually ready for it it performed poorly and lost. General montgomery, using battle plans prepared by gen auchinleck stopped rommel attempt to break through alam halfa towards river nile. It was part of the western desert campaign of world war 2 was fought between the british eighth army led by general claude auchinleck and the axis forces consisting of german and italian units of panzerarmee afrika panzer army africa led by field marshal erwin rommel. Slow and pondering at times but decent italian ww ii pic.

After the first battle of elalamein, egypt 150 miles west of cairo. One of michael rennies last films, as general montgomery takes over the british forces and collides with axis forces in north africa. Italian infantry are finally overwhelmed by british tanks. Rommel history channel series, part 1 the warrior full episode. Italian and german scouts sweep towards alexandria. Another consequence of the battle was the changes it had on the 8th army, most specifically the change in commanders that was a result of the battle. Chronically lacking fuel due to overstretched supply lines and allied control of mediterranean sea, the only thing germans and italians. It is certainly a mediocre war film that is showing its age stylisticallylooks and feels like it was made in the 60s or 70s. A series of british counterattacks also achieved little, and the battle ended as a stalemate.