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The most terrifying scenes ever taken under fire!
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.
United Kingdom, United States of AmericaEnglish
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Harold Alexander
as Self (archive footage)
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)
C.A
Claude Auchinleck
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A.B
Alan Brooke
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Desert Victory(1943)
April 12, 1943 · 1h 0m
The most terrifying scenes ever taken under fire!
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.
Cast and Crew
MORE CAST & CREWH.A
Harold Alexander
as Self (archive footage)
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)
C.A
Claude Auchinleck
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A.B
Alan Brooke
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
