The World at War - Volume 4 is a UK VHS release by Thames Video Collection on 3rd November 1986.
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The definitive story of the Second World War in 12 volumes narrated by Laurence Olivier.
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- On Our Way - America Enters The War 1939-1942
The conflicts in Europe and the Pacific are two separate wars. Many Americans are content to forget about Hitler and Europe and concentrate their war efforts on the Japanese.
President Roosevelt is committed to the fight against Hitler but Congress is not. Inexplicably, Hitler declares war on America, thus relieving Roosevelt of a difficult decision and, ultimately, altering the course of the war.
- Desert - The War In North Africa 1940-1943
The war in North Africa takes the best part of three years to resolve and is fought and refought over the same 600 miles of desert between Alexandria in Egypt and Benghazi in Cyrenaica (Libya) before Montgomery's 'Desert Rats' defeat Rommel's Africa Korps at El Alamein.
The Germans are driven from North Africa and the way seems clear to the underbelly of Europe, Italy.
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