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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.
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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.
A defensive fighting position ( DFP) is a type of earthwork constructed in a military context, generally large enough to accommodate anything from one soldier to a fire team (or similar sized unit).
The tobruk of the Atlantic Wall was a small reinforced concrete bunker for a soldier. The tobruk element, presented at the Memorial Museum of the Battle of Normandy, was found in the area of Cherbourg.
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.
The Siege of Tobruk, a grueling 240-day standoff between the Allied and Axis forces, marked a critical juncture in the North African Campaign. Where was Tobruk and why was it important?
Troops of the British Commonwealth defended the Libyan seaport city of Tobruk against Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps from behind a formidable ring of desert defenses. The 9th Australian Division, which had withdrawn from Derna to escape Rommel’s net, had moved into Tobruk to reinforce British and Indian Army units already there.
