Desert War
DESERT WAR, a two part series to TV, is an exciting, insightful and subtly revisionist account of one of the most celebrated campaigns of the Second World War - centered on the siege of Tobruk and the battle for El Alamein.
- 2013-2013
- 1 season
- Documentary
DESERT WAR, a two part series to TV, is an exciting, insightful and subtly revisionist account of one of the most celebrated campaigns of the Second World War - centered on the siege of Tobruk and the battle for El Alamein.
Season 1 Episode Guide
2 Episodes 2013
Episode 1
Tobruk
As the Germans sweep all before them in Europe, the Anglo-Australian garrison in the small town of Tobruk, Libya, inspires the world by resisting the most celebrated German general of the Second World War.
Episode 2
Alamein
Rommel's Afrika Korps sweep forward to threaten Cairo and the Suez Canal. At a tiny railway halt called El Alamein, the Allied Eighth Army fights a battle that will transfix the world and help turn the tide of the WW11.