Desert Victory

The story

A 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.

Cast & crew

Harold Alexander

Harold AlexanderSelf (archive footage)

Winston ChurchillSelf (archive footage)

Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)

Bernard L. MontgomerySelf (archive footage)

Erwin RommelSelf (archive footage)

Claude Auchinleck

Claude AuchinleckSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

Alan Brooke

Alan BrookeSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

Alan Cunningham

Alan CunninghamSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joseph GoebbelsSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

Henry Harwood

Henry HarwoodSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

J.L. Hodson

J.L. HodsonNarrator (voice) (uncredited)

Arthur Tedder

Arthur TedderSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)