The World at War — Season 1, Episode 8: The Desert: North Africa (1940–1943)

Episode synopsis

For 2 years the 8th Army and Rommel's Afrika Corps fight in the wastes of North Africa. Finally the tide turns at El Alamein.

About The World at War

A documentary series that gives a historical account of the events of World War II, from its roots in the 1920s to the aftermath and the lives it profoundly influenced.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1A New Germany (1933–1939)
• E2Distant War (September 1939–May 1940)
• E3France Falls (May–June 1940)
• E4Alone (May 1940–May 1941)
• E5Barbarossa (June–December 1941)
• E6Banzai! Japan (1931–1942)
• E7On Our Way: U.S.A. (1939–1942)
• E9Stalingrad (June 1942-February 1943)
• E10Wolfpack: U-Boats in the Atlantic (1939–1944)
• E11Red Star: The Soviet Union (1941–1943)
• E12Whirlwind: Bombing Germany (September 1939–April 1944)
• E13Tough Old Gut: Italy (November 1942-June 1944)