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简介:On13September1940,80,000ItaliantroopsmarchedintoEgypttothreatentheepicentreoftheBritishEmpireatacriticalpointintheSecondWorldWar. By1942,thedesertskirmishinNorthAfricahadbecomepivotaltowhatwasbythenatrulyglobalconflict,withhundredsofthousandsofmenfromovertennationsfightingononeofthemostinhospitablebattlefieldsonEarth,culminatingintheBattleofElAlamein.Itwasatriumphthatmarked,inChurchill'sfamouswords,'theendofthebeginning'. ThisisthestoryofhowthemenwhofoughtanddiedherewereplayersinavolatiledramascriptedbyChurchill,Roosevelt,MussoliniandHitlerinthewarcapitalsofLondon,Washington,RomeandBerlin. JonathanDimblebytravelstoallthekeylocations,amongthemtheCabinetWarRoomsdeepbeneathWhitehall,Hitler'svastbunkerinPoland,thetunnelsunderMaltawhereciviliansshelteredfromtheNazibombsandtheBrennerPass,whereHitlerandMussolinimettodecidetheworld'sfate. BasedonDimbleby'sbook,DestinyintheDesert,thefilmshedsnewlightonthesignificanceofthiskeycampaign,onwhichChurchillgambledbothhisownfutureandthatofBritainitself.…