
Episode 2
An account of one of the most celebrated campaigns of World War Two. A brilliant Axis intelligence coup helps Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps sweep forward to threaten Cairo.
An exciting, insightful and often surprising account of one of the most celebrated campaigns of World War Two.
A brilliant Axis intelligence coup helps Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps sweep forward to threaten Cairo and the Suez Canal. At a tiny railway halt called El Alamein, the Allied Eighth Army draws a line in the sand and fights a battle that will transfix the world and transform the Second World War.
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Clips
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The 51st Highland Division at Alamein
Duration: 02:09
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51st Highland Division and Rommel
Duration: 02:39
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The Scots arrive in North Africa
Duration: 01:08
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A Spy in British High Command?
Duration: 01:50
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Jamie Lee |
Director | Steve Westh |
Producer | Andrew Ogilvie |
Producer | Andrea Quesnelle |
Producer | Phil Craig |
Broadcast
- Mon 12 Nov 2012 21:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two Scotland