My rating: 2 stars out of 4
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The Italian-German alliance engages in desert warfare with the British in north Africa during WWII. Field Marshal Rommel carries out the commands of Hitler in an attempt to take control of vital oil fields and join with the southern European forces. Both sides use misdirection, such as a staged camp complete with mannequins and fake guns or a forged map of a mine field, to gain advantage. As the battle wages on, it becomes apparent to the men in one Italian company that they will be sacrificed for the greater war. A last stand pits the woefully undermanned and out-gunned Italians against the mighty British tanks lead by General Montgomery. The desert battles tend to go on and on with monotony eventually setting in for this viewer, with no one really to root for (the British are bad guys who murder prisoners of war) and some obvious miniatures for the bigger battle scenes.
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