På starten av 40-tallet var Nord-Afrika dominert av Rommels ustoppelige Afrikakorps. Men da han etter hvert innså at Føreren, som han hadde sverget troskap til, var i ferd med å ødelegge Tyskland, fikk hans iboende pliktfølelse ham til å ta del i en sammensvergelse mot Hitler.
The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian border who finds refuge at a remote desert hotel. He assumes the identity of a recently deceased waiter and is helped by the hotel's owner, despite protest from the French chambermaid, who fears the imminent arrival of Rommel and the Germans.
Under kampen om Tobruk blir den engelske major Mc.Roberts satt i spissen for australske tropper og prøver å holder stillingen til hjelpen kommer.
During the second world war, two British officers, Brand and Leith, who have never seen combat are assigned a vital mission. Their relationship and the operation are complicated by the arrival of Brand's wife, who had a tryst with Leith years earlier.
The story of a group of American commandos assigned to kidnap General Rommel. But the soldiers are caught by the Germans who decide to use their plan against them. Replacing the American soldiers with German soldiers, and with the help of a fake "kidnapped" Rommel, they plan to kill General Eisenhower