The Battle of El Alamein

The Battle of El Alamein

Montgomery's Iron Back 8th Army ... Rommel's Crack Africa Korps ... they met head on and tore the earth apart !

PG 1969 · 96 min · ★ 5.3 · War, Action

June 1942. As Rommel swept toward the Nile, the fall of Egypt and the capture of the Suez Canal seemed inevitable. Italian and German advance units raced toward Alexandria. Mussolini had given explicit orders: The Italians must arrive first!

Directed by Giorgio Ferroni · Written by Ernesto Gastaldi

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