World War II 1942 and Hitler's soft underbelly Part 2 Barnes, Russell 1968- director, producer. Reynolds, David 1952- narrator. moving image videorecording Documentaries and Factual Films Documentary films. Documentary films. Documentaires. enk 2012 monographic eng access remote 1 online resource (47 min.). The British fought the Second World War to defeat Hitler. This film asks why, then, did they spend so much of the conflict battling through North Africa and Italy? Historian David Reynolds reassesses Winston Churchill's conviction that the Mediterranean was the 'soft underbelly' of Hitler's Europe. Travelling to Egypt and Italian battlefields like Cassino, scene of some of the worst carnage in Western Europe, he shows how, in reality, the 'soft underbelly' became a dark and dangerous obsession for Churchill. David Reynolds reveals a Prime Minister very different from the jaw-jutting bulldog of Britain's 'finest hour' in 1940. A leader who was politically vulnerable at home, desperate to shore up a crumbling British empire abroad, losing faith in his army and even ready to deceive his American allies if it might delay fighting head to head against the Germans in northern France. The film marks the seventieth anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein in 1942. adult produced and directed by Russell Barnes. Title from resource description page (viewed May 27, 2015). In English. ff----- e-it--- mm----- Churchill, Winston 1874-1965 Churchill, Winston 1874-1965 World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Africa, North World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Italy World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Mediterranean Sea Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Campagnes et batailles Afrique du Nord Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Campagnes et batailles Italie Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Campagnes et batailles Méditerranée Military campaigns North Africa Italy Mediterranean Sea World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbhpRH9XvjbDFXtxhb 1939-1945 fast D743 .W67 2012ev World history in video http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?AVN2;2463014 ALSTP 150527 20241201232140.0 in00005573739 eng