Desert Victory is a 1943 film produced by the British Ministry of Information, documenting the Allies' North African campaign against Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and the Afrika Korps. This documentary traces the struggle between General Erwin Rommel and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, from the German's defeat at El Alamein to Tripoli. The film was produced by David MacDonald and directed by Roy Boulting who also directed Tunisian Victory and Burma Victory. Like the famous "Why We Fight" series of films by Frank Capra, Desert Victory relies heavily on captured German newsreel footage. Many of the most famous sequences in the film have been excerpted and appear with frequency in History Channel and A&E productions. The film won a special Oscar in 1943 and the 1951 film The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel took sections of the film for its battle footage. See also List of Allied Propaganda Films of World War 2 References External links 1943 films 1943 war films 1943 documentary films British documentary films British World War II propaganda films Black-and-white documentary films 1940s English-language films Best Documentary Feature Academy Award winners Films directed by Roy Boulting Films scored by William Alwyn 20th Century Fox films British black-and-white films