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The Siege of Tobruk ( / təˈbrʊk, toʊ -/) took place between 10 April and 27 November 1941, during the Western Desert campaign (1940–1943) of the Second World War. An Allied force, consisting mostly of the 9th Australian Division, commanded by Lieutenant-General Leslie Morshead, was besieged in the North African port of Tobruk by German ...
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Tobruk or Tobruck ( / təˈbrʊk, toʊ -/; [3] Ancient Greek: Ἀντίπυργος, Antipyrgos; Latin: Antipyrgus; Italian: Tobruch; Arabic: طبرق, romanized : Ṭubruq; also transliterated as Tobruch and Tubruk) is a port city on Libya 's eastern Mediterranean coast, near the border with Egypt. It is the capital of the Butnan District ...
Apr 23, 2024 · Tobruk, port, northeastern Libya. It was the site of Antipyrgos, an ancient Greek agricultural colony, and thereafter a Roman fortress guarding the Cyrenaican frontier. During World War II Tobruk changed hands several times and was the focus of some of the most prolonged fighting in the North African theater.
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A Canadian POW major is rescued by a special British unit of German Jews to sabotage a German fuel depot in Libya. The film is based on a true raid that failed in 1942 and features George Peppard, Nigel Green and Cheryl Portman.
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Learn how the British Commonwealth forces defended the Libyan port of Tobruk against Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps in 1941. Read about the strategic importance, the fierce battles, and the eventual outcome of the siege that lasted seven months.
The Siege Of Tobruk. Tobruk was the only deep water port in Eastern Libya and as a consequence it had been heavily fortified by its former Italian garrison. The capture of Tobruk was essential for an advance on Alexandria and Suez. In April 1941, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel made its capture the main objective of his first offensive in ...
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c. 3,360 [2] 33,000 taken prisoner [2] The Axis capture of Tobruk, also known as the Fall of Tobruk and the Second Battle of Tobruk (17–21 June 1942) was part of the Western Desert campaign in Libya during the Second World War. The battle was fought by the Panzerarmee Afrika ( Armata Corazzata Africa in Italian), a German – Italian military ...
