Why Germany Lost the Battle for North Africa (WW2 Documentary)

August 11, 2024 Pharaoh

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The North African campaign of WW2 is one of the most famous ones. The almost mythical story of the British “Desert Rats” defeating Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps. But why did Rommel loose in North Africa?

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Beckett, Ian F.W., Rommel: A Reappraisal, (Barnsley : Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2013)

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Scianna, Bastian Matteo, “Rommel Almighty? Italian Assessments of the “Desert Fox” during and after the Second World War”, The Journal of Military History, Vol. 82, No. 1, (2018)

Watson, Bruce Allen, Exit Rommel: The Tunisian Campaign, 1942-1943, (Westport, CT : Praeger, 1999)

»CREDITS
Presented by: Jesse Alexander
Written by: Mark Newton
Director: Toni Steller & Florian Wittig
Director of Photography: Toni Steller
Sound: Above Zero
Editing: Toni Steller
Motion Design: Toni Steller
Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design:
Research by: Mark Newton
Fact checking: Florian Wittig, Jesse Alexander

Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster