About this title: A controversial new history of the heroic year-long siege where British and Australian 'Desert Rats' held out against Rommel's Afrika Korps. The siege of Tobruk was the longest in British military history. The coastal fortress and vital deep-water port of Tobruk was of crucial importance for the battle for North Africa as the key that would unlock the way to Egypt and the Suez Canal.For over a year, the isolated garrison held out against all attempts to take it. For both sides it assumed a propaganda role that outweighed even its great strategic value. Goebbels referred to its defenders as ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The History Press Ltd
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780752445014ISBN:0752445014
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The History Press Ltd
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780752445014ISBN:0752445014
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: HISTORY PRESS TEMPUS PUBLISHIN
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780752445014ISBN:0752445014
Description: A controversial new history of the heroic year-long siege where British and Australian Desert Rats held out against Rommel's Afrika Korps. From the author of "D-Day: The First 72 Hours", it's a startling new account, drawing extensively on first-hand... read more
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