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Rommel Routed
June 16, 1949
Season 1 - Episode 7: Rommel Routed
00:00 / 45:00
Overview
Eisenhower describes how the Allies squeezed Rommel's forces in Tunisia. The Afrika Korps attacks to the Kasserine Pass but is pushed back thanks to Patton. Allied air power helps win the day, the U.S. and British 8th armies meet, and Tunis falls.
Episode Information
TV Show
Crusade in Europe
Season
Season 1
Episode Number
7
Air Date
June 16, 1949
Guest Stars
George C. Marshall
Self (archive footage)
Louis Mountbatten
Self (archive footage)
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Harold Alexander
Self (archive footage)
Bernard Montgomery
Self (archive footage)
George S. Patton
Self (archive footage)
Erwin Rommel
Self (archive footage)