WWII Battles in Color S1E3: El Alamein

Overview

1942. Nazi Germany's Blitzkrieg enters Egypt. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, a.k.a. 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. Watch artillery, tanks, and infantry clash in an epic desert battle between Axis and Allied forces. Through newly colorized footage and personal firsthand 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, ultimately deciding North Africa's fate.