4 real historical locations · Egypt, Libya
An Italian war film following young soldiers through the North African campaign and the Second Battle of El Alamein in 1942. Shot on location in the Egyptian desert, it portrays the forgotten experience of Italian soldiers caught in Rommel's ultimately doomed desert war.
CinemaMapped has mapped 4 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning Egypt, Libya.
The 2002 Italian film follows Italian infantry soldiers at El Alamein — ordinary men on the wrong side of the desert war, depicting the human cost of a battl...
The Second Battle of El Alamein (October-November 1942) was the decisive North Africa engagement. Montgomery's Eighth Army defeated Rommel's Afrika Korps, beginning the German-Italian retreat to Tunisia. Italian force...
View location →The port fortress besieged by Rommel's Afrika Korps — held by Australian and British troops for 241 days before being relieved.
The siege of Tobruk from April to November 1941 pinned down 30,000 German and Italian troops that Rommel desperately needed for his advance. The Australian garrison's resistance earned them the nickname 'The Rats of T...
View location →The narrow coastal corridor where the Afrika Korps was stopped — the furthest point of the Axis advance into Egypt and the turning point of the North African...
El Alamein was chosen as a defensive line because the 40-mile gap between the sea and the impassable Qattara Depression prevented outflanking. Montgomery's Second Battle of El Alamein in October 1942 broke Rommel's li...
View location →The Egyptian coastal town that fell to Rommel's advance in June 1942 — the last line before Alexandria and the Suez Canal.
The fall of Mersa Matruh on June 25, 1942 shocked the Allied world. Rommel's forces captured 6,000 prisoners and vast supplies. Churchill called it 'a disgrace'. The subsequent defeat at El Alamein stopped the Axis at...
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