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Churchill's Desert War: The Road to El Alamein

Churchill's Desert War: The Road to El Alamein -  On 13 September 1940, 80,000 Italian troops marched into Egypt to threaten the epicentre of the British Empire at a critical point in the Second World War. [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Churchills-Desert-War-The-Road-to-El-Alamein.mp4" id="4853" src="" poster="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Churchills-Desert-War-The-Road-to-El-Alamein-2.jpg" loop="false" autoplay="false" preload="metadata" videopress_guid=""][/video]   By 1942, the desert skirmish in North Africa had become pivotal to what was by then a truly global conflict, with hundreds of thousands of men from over ten nations fighting on one of the most inhospitable battlefields on Earth, culminating in the Battle of El Alamein. It was a triumph that marked, in Churchill's famous words, 'the en

The World Wars: Extended Edition

  The World Wars: Extended Edition tells the story of three decades of war told through the eyes of various men who were its key players: Roosevelt, Hitler, Patton, Mussolini, Churchill, Tojo, De Gaulle and MacArthur. The series examines the two wars as one contiguous timeline starting in 1914 and concluding in 1945 with these unique individuals coming of age in World War I before ultimately calling the shots in World War II. Now, THE WORLD WARS: EXTENDED EDITION will give fans more dramatic scenes, expert interviews and historical archives that cover key military battles from both WWI and WWII. It also takes a deeper dive into pivotal scenes like the attack on Gallipoli, Kristallnacht, the liberation of Paris and the rescue of Allied troops in Dunkirk. Overall, the extended version takes a more global perspective, examining this 30-year conflict and its impact on America through the eyes of both its allies and enemies.   Part 1. Trial by Fire An assassination sparks a global conflict