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The World at War: The Desert

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Continuing the repeat run of the landmark series about the Second World War, narrated by Laurence Olivier.
The story of the war in North Africa, a conflict which took the best part of three years to resolve, culminating in the clash between Rommel's Afrika Korps and Montgomery's Desert Rats at El Alamein. (R) (S)
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Contributors

Narrator:
Laurence Olivier
Director:
Peter Batty
Producer:
Jeremy Isaacs
Source: Radio Times

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