WWII Battles in Colour (2021): S01E03 – El Alamein

Introduction From the Blitzkrieg of France to the Allied invasion of Berlin, witness the most influential battles of WWII – in colour. Outline Nazi Germany’s Blitzkrieg enters Egypt. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, aka the Desert Fox, has his eyes set on Cairo, but first he must overcome General Bernard Montgomery, the British Eighth Army, and…

Andrew Marshall

13/06/2023

1–2 minutes

History, Military Documentary, War, World War Two

Introduction

From the Blitzkrieg of France to the Allied invasion of Berlin, witness the most influential battles of WWII – in colour.

Outline

Nazi Germany’s Blitzkrieg enters Egypt. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, aka the Desert Fox, has his eyes set on Cairo, but first he must overcome General Bernard Montgomery, the British Eighth Army, and the area’s punishing fighting conditions. Though newly colourised footage and personal first-hand accounts, we enter the heart of the War in the Mediterranean, from German fighter aces dominating the skies to British battleships contesting the seas to the desert battle of El Alamein, which will ultimately decide the fate of North Africa.

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Production & Filming Details

Release Date: 14 November 2021.
Running time: 45 minutes.
Rating: TV-14.
Country: US.
Language: English.