The british are characterized as cold unfeeling soldiers, no worse than american directors portray axis forces, though. Winston churchill referred to this as not the beginning of the end, but, perhaps, the end of the beginning. After the first battle of elalamein, egypt 150 miles west of cairo, ended in a stalemate, the second one was decisive. The battle was fought between the axis forces, led by general erwin rommel, and the allied forces, commanded by field marshal claude auchinleck. This italianfrench coproduction was filmed with the full cooperation of the italian army, and features a starstudded international cast.
Italian and german scouts sweep towards alexandria. As artillery pounded the german positions, soldiers cleared enemy minefields by the light of the full moon. It is from an unrestored, badlooking negative and runs only 80 minutes, rather than the 105 release time and the 92 minute length advertised. Battles of elalamein, 127 july 1942, 23 october11 november 1942, world war ii events. During rommels epic north african campaign, nazi and italian troops fight shoulder to shoulder to ward off the british forces under general montgomer. The battle lasted from 23 october to 5 november 1942. Rommel, short of fuel and against british air superiority, could not fight a mobile battle to balance montgomerys superiority in combat troops. The fall egypt and the all important suez canal seems inevitable. Italian and german advance units raced toward alexandria. As rommel swept toward the nile, the fall of egypt and the capture of the suez canal.
Mussolini has given explicit orders that italys forces were to reach the city first. Click here to start a new topic please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes new to wikipedia. Though they mistrust one another, the german and italian troops are forced to work shoulder to shoulder to ward off the british. On the night of the 23 rd of october, montgomery made his move. Chronically lacking fuel due to overstretched supply lines and allied control of mediterranean sea, the only thing germans and italians. It was fought between two of the best commanders in world war ii, montgomery for the allies and rommel for the axis between 23 october 4 november 1942. As rommel swept toward the nile, the fall of egypt and the. Turning point, world war ii bierman, john, smith, colin on. As rommel swept toward the nile, the fall of egypt and the capture of the suez canal seemed inevitable. Shot from the axis point of view, this tale shows rommel working his strategies against montgomery.
Set during the titular desert battle of 1942, the film departs from expectation by concentrating on the axis point of view. If a full length restored print is ever released then go buy it. It was the site of a decisive british victory in world war ii see north africa, campaigns in north africa, campaigns in, series of military contests for control of north africa during world war ii. The battle of elalamein 1969 action, drama, history, war usa. This is not a forum for general discussion of the articles subject put new text under old text. It marked the beginning of the end for the axis in north africa. Pg, 1 h 36 min frederick stafford, george hilton, michael rennie, marco guglielmi director.
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