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Author: Professor of Health Policy Imperial College Business School & Institute for Global Health Peter C Smith Publisher: Stackpole Books ISBN: 0811750558 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 500
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Minute-by-minute account of the offensive Covers both the British attackers and the German defenders Explains how and why the assault failed so badly In the late summer of 1942, Rommel's Afrika Korps stood perilously close to breaking through to Cairo and the Nile, having already taken the fortress of Tobruk. In a desperate effort to halt the Germans and buy time for the Allies, British forces--including the Royal Marines, Royal Navy, the SAS, and the Long Range Desert Group--attempted to storm Tobruk and destroy the Axis port there. The operation failed with terrible losses. Peter C. Smith unearths many previously unrevealed facts and highlights the bravery and endurance of those who participated.
Author: Professor of Health Policy Imperial College Business School & Institute for Global Health Peter C Smith Publisher: Stackpole Books ISBN: 0811750558 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 500
Book Description
Minute-by-minute account of the offensive Covers both the British attackers and the German defenders Explains how and why the assault failed so badly In the late summer of 1942, Rommel's Afrika Korps stood perilously close to breaking through to Cairo and the Nile, having already taken the fortress of Tobruk. In a desperate effort to halt the Germans and buy time for the Allies, British forces--including the Royal Marines, Royal Navy, the SAS, and the Long Range Desert Group--attempted to storm Tobruk and destroy the Axis port there. The operation failed with terrible losses. Peter C. Smith unearths many previously unrevealed facts and highlights the bravery and endurance of those who participated.
Author: Peter C. Smith Publisher: Stackpole Books ISBN: 0811751635 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 256
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Minute-by-minute account of the offensive. Covers both the British attackers and the German defenders. Explains how and why the assault failed so badly.
Author: Timothy Hall Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1000459896 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 303
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This book, first published in 1984, examines the 1941 siege of Tobruk and the experiences of the inexperienced Australian troops facing Rommel’s successful armies. It looks at the follies as well as the bravery; humane acts from both sides, locked as they were in a brutal battle; the tactics of desert warfare and siege warfare; and the challenges both sides faced from fighting in desert conditions.
Author: John Berchmans Devine Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing ISBN: 1786259982 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 117
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THIS is the personal record of nine months spent as a medical officer on active service in Libya. Its purpose is to endeavour to show what a great warrior the ordinary Australian soldier really is, and with what light-hearted bravery and endurance he faces up to discomfort and death. It is written as a personal record to gain continuity, and always in the spirit of an onlooker who sees much of the play. It is neither a scientific document nor history, and I cannot vouch for the accuracy of many of the stories set down herein, but even if they are not wholly true, they are still characteristic. No names are included, and it is purely coincidental that most of the happenings herein described are fact and not fiction. Some of the illustrations are taken from drawings and oil sketches made by the author on the spot, and the remainder are photographs taken with a miniature camera and developed in Tobruk. “Major Devine’s little volume of personal experiences brings the whole picture of the dust and desert, of stone and rock, of battered equipment, of patient endurance, back before one’s eyes. It translates into human individual terms all the planning and endeavour and struggle that characterized the splendid defence of Tobruk by our own 9th Australian Division and by other British troops from the United Kingdom and troops from India who were there with them in that epic siege.”—T. A. Blamey General, Commander-in-Chief, Australian Military Forces (Foreword to “The Rats of Tobruk”)
Author: Chester Wilmot Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing ISBN: 1787204499 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 335
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Like Gallipoli, the coastal fortress of Tobruk in northern Africa has a special place in Australian’s war annals. For eight month in 1941 the Australian Imperial Force helped hold the besieged town against German forces that had hitherto suffered no check. With the distinctive mix of vigour and intelligence that made him a celebrated correspondent during and after the Second World War, Chester Wilmot here tells the story of the fighting in and around Tobruk from January to December 1941. His compelling book, based on personal observation, official documents and eyewitness accounts, is given even greater impact by the use of enemy sources including extracts from the diaries of German officers. As well as commemorating the achievement of the besieged Allied troops against the superior strength of the Germans, Tobruk gives an exceptionally readable insight into the critical North African campaign. “Tobruk set an example of courage in the face of superior strength, of firm spirit in spite of hardship, of cheerful defiance and offensive defence.”—CHESTER WILMOT
Author: Robert Lyman Publisher: Pan Macmillan ISBN: 9780330510813 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 356
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The siege of Tobruk was a pivotal battle which influenced the outcome of the Second World War. In this book Robert Lyman describes the 'David versus Goliath' confrontation that ensued when Allied forces took on Rommel's Panzer divisions in the Libyan port.
Author: Frank Harrison Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN: 9781854094520 Category : Tobruk, Battles of, Tobruk, Libya, 1941-1942 Languages : en Pages : 352
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This is a study of one of the major actions of World War II, Tobruk, the longest siege in British military history overseas. This reassessment describes the role of the Australians holding the siege, Rommel's part in creating the situation, and the part played by the 70th British Division, an often-overlooked action which broke the stalemate and invincibility of Rommel.
Author: Peter Charles Smith Publisher: ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 248
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Bogen beskriver det engelske amfibieangreb på Tobruk i september 1942. Meningen var at prøve at sinke det tyske Afrikakorps i dets videre fremtrængen
Author: Frank Harrison Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN: 9780304362585 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 352
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A member of the signal staff during the siege of Tobruk tells the compelling tale of how the "desert rats" defeated Rommel, giving Britain her first victory over a German operation in World War II. Though outnumbered and outgunned, the British garrison held the port until the relief mission arrived. During this epic siege, a German propaganda broadcaster coined the phrase "Desert Rats"--an insult the soldiers at Tobruk wore with pride. A member of the signal staff during the siege of Tobruk tells the compelling tale of how the "desert rats" defeated Rommel, giving Britain her first victory over a German operation in World War II. Though outnumbered and outgunned, the British garrison held the port until the relief mission arrived. During this epic siege, a German propaganda broadcaster coined the phrase "Desert Rats"--an insult the soldiers at Tobruk wore with pride.
Author: Professor of Health Policy Imperial College Business School & Institute for Global Health Peter C Smith
Author: Professor of Health Policy Imperial College Business School & Institute for Global Health Peter C Smith
Author: Peter C. Smith
Author: Timothy Hall
Author: John Berchmans Devine
Author: Chester Wilmot
Author: Robert Lyman
Author: Frank Harrison
Author: Peter Charles Smith
Author: Frank Harrison
Author: John G. Glenn