The conflict that raged across the arid landscape of North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943 was to prove costly to Allied and Axis forces alike. However, the achievements of the Western Desert Campaign, Operation Torch and the Tunisia Campaign were to prove pivotal to the outcome of World War II, as by outwitting Erwin Rommel, the famously wily Desert Fox, the Allies could push directly into the Mediterranean and bring about the downfall of Italy. This is the story of how British, America n and Commonwealth troops were ultimately victorious in the desert...