It was a place few expected to be fighting in when war broke out in 1939. It was a conflict Hitler never wanted. It was a ...

For three years, Axis and Allied forces chased each other over the hostile terrain of the North African desert. The tide turned in the Allies' favour at the Second Battle of El Alamein in 1942.

Follow the three years of battles in the North African desert, and see how Axis and Allied forces chased each other across this hostile terrain.