Desert Victory

April. 12,1943

Rating：

6.3

Genre：

Documentary War

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Trailer Synopsis Cast

A featureless land fit only for war, as the narrator, J. L. Hodson stated in the early scenes: "If war was to be fought then let it begin here". In endless miles of rock-strewn scrub desert, where civilians hardly existed. Desert Victory tells the story of the Allied campaign to drive Germany and Italy from North Africa is analysed, with the major portion of the film examining the battles at El Alamein, including some re-enactment. Won "Best Documentary Feature" at the 16th Academy Awards in 1944.

Winston Churchill as Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage)

Bernard L. Montgomery as Self (archive footage)

Erwin Rommel as Self (archive footage)

Joseph Goebbels as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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