Desert Victory
Desert Victory1943
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Desert Victory
1h 0m·War, Documentary
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6.3/10 avgAverage user ratingA 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.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| HHarold AlexanderSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Winston ChurchillSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Bernard L. MontgomerySelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Erwin RommelSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| CClaude AuchinleckSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| AAlan BrookeSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| AAlan CunninghamSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
 Joseph GoebbelsSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| HHenry HarwoodSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| JJ.L. HodsonNarrator (voice) (uncredited) | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| AArthur TedderSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| WWilhelm von ThomaSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |