| Desert Victory | |
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| Directed by | David MacDonald |
| Produced by | Office of War Information |
| Written by | J.L. Hodson |
| Starring | Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery |
| Release date(s) | 1943 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Desert Victory is a 1943 film produced by the British Ministry of Information, documenting the Allies' North African campaign against Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and the Afrika Korps. This documentary traces the struggle between General Erwin Rommel and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, from the German's defeat at El Alamein to Tripoli. Like the famous "Why We Fight" series of films by Frank Capra, Desert Victory relies heavily on captured German newsreel footage. Many of the most famous sequences in the film have been excerpted and appear with frequency in History Channel and A&E productions.
The film was directed by David MacDonald who also directed a similar picture, Burma Victory.
This film won a special Academy Award in 1943.
The 1951 film The Desert Fox relied heavily on this production for its battle footage.
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