Aired Tuesday August 9, 1:55pm - 3:00pmon PBS

Desert War

Series 1 Episode 1: Tobruk

An exciting, insightful and often surprising account of one of the most celebrated campaigns of the Second World War - the war in North Africa. As the Nazis sweep all before them in Europe, the Anglo-Australian garrison in the small town of Tobruk in North Africa inspires the world by resisting the most celebrated German general of the Second World War.

Category
Documentary / War
Original air date
2012-11-05