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See how Allied commanders Eisenhower and Montgomery trapped Rommel to end Axis North Africa campaigns

See how Allied commanders Eisenhower and Montgomery trapped Rommel to end Axis North Africa campaigns

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NARRATOR: Meanwhile, British and American troops, led by General Eisenhower, landed in French North Africa, and were met by a hail of bullets from the pro-Nazi French army. Swiftly crushing the opposition, they moved on to trap Rommel . . .

between themselves and Montgomery's desert army, which was advancing from the east.

Six months after the landings, the Germans were finished in Africa, and Eisenhower and Montgomery's troops joined hands. It had been a decisive victory--one which had cost the Axis a million men.

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