Tobruk S Easter Battle 1941

Author : John H. G. Mackenzie-Smith
Publisher : Boolarong Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9781921555855

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Tobruk's Easter Battle 1941 by John H. G. Mackenzie-Smith Pdf

The initial Australian and British victory over Rommels Afrika Korps on Easter Monday 1941 at Tobruk was Germanys first defeat in World War II. Incongruously the vital actions of Queenslands 2-15 Battalion on that day have been generally ignored. For the first time, this investigation places that lost body of infantrymen nearly four miles from the outer perimeter near El Adem crossroads. There they were dug in around two gallant Royal Horse Artillery batteries, which incurred heavy losses in turning around a concerted Panzer attack. In that battle the 2-15 A Company delivered the final blow to the accompanying German infantry, led by the formerly invincible Lt Colonel Gustav Ponath who was killed in the field. This ably researched and intriguing episode redresses the brave 2-15s subsequent sense of injustice.

Author : Timothy Hall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000459890

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Tobruk 1941 by Timothy Hall Pdf

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 : Chester Wilmot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Tobruk, Battles of, Tobruk, Libya, 1941-1942
ISBN : OCLC:1360064185

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Tobruk 1941 by Chester Wilmot Pdf

Author : Chester Wilmot
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781787204492

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Tobruk 1941 by Chester Wilmot Pdf

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 : Pier Paolo Battistelli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Tobruk, Battles of, Tobruk, Libya, 1941-1942
ISBN : 1322395144

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Tobruk 1941 by Pier Paolo Battistelli Pdf

Author : Jon Latimer
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114372464

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Tobruk 1941 by Jon Latimer Pdf

In one of his most famous battles, Rommel's Afrikakorps swept across the desert capturing much of the British force and the first siege of Tobruk began. The scene was set for one of the epic struggles of the desert war.

Author : Hermann Buschleb
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1612007236

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Operation Crusader by Hermann Buschleb Pdf

First English translation of a Geman account of Operation Crusader.

Author : G. F. Borden
Publisher : Beech Tree Paperback Book
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UCAL:B4432466

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Easter Day, 1941 by G. F. Borden Pdf

On Easter Day, 1941, four men--one American and three British--make their way across the Libyan desert in a captured Italian tank.

Author : William F. Buckingham
Publisher : History PressLtd
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0752445014

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Tobruk by William F. Buckingham Pdf

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 more than 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 rats, which in characteristic British fashion the whole army proudly adopted as their title—thus “Desert Rats”—and the port became a symbol of resistance when the war was going badly for Britain. When it fell and 25,000 men surrendered to an armored assault on June 21, 1942, Churchill said it was “one of the heaviest blows I can recall during the war.” This startling new account, drawing extensively on first-hand testimony from veterans on both sides, is the most comprehensive history of the epic battle and is sure to become the standard work on the subject.

Author : William F. Buckingham
Publisher : Tempus
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0752445014

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Tobruk by William F. Buckingham Pdf

A controversial 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. This is the comprehensive history of the epic battle.

Author : Robert Lyman
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 0330510819

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The Longest Siege by Robert Lyman Pdf

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 : Barton Maughan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 857 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : El Alamein, Battle of, Egypt, 1942
ISBN : OCLC:1031033465

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Tobruk and El Alamein by Barton Maughan Pdf

Author : Frank Harrison
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Tobruk, Battles of, Tobruk, Libya, 1941-1942
ISBN : 1854094521

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Tobruk by Frank Harrison Pdf

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 : Jon Latimer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Tobruk, Battles of, Tobruk, Libya, 1941-1942
ISBN : OCLC:240477271

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Tobruk 1941 by Jon Latimer Pdf

Author : David Mitchelhill-Green
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781923004856

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Desert Diggers by David Mitchelhill-Green Pdf

Desert Diggers: Writings from a War Zone ‘Somewhere in the Middle East’ 1940-1942 draws upon hundreds of soldiers’ letters in a fresh and captivating narrative of the war in North Africa. Desert Diggers follows the first men to volunteer after the outbreak of war in 1939, tracing their adventures in exotic ports before further training in Palestine. A hunger for action grew: ‘Most of the chaps are ... anxious to get into anything that looks like a fight’, one soldier wrote to his brother. From Egypt, ‘the hottest and dustiest place on God's earth’ was the Diggers’ next destination and their ‘blooding’ in the battles for Bardia and Tobruk. After Rommel failed to storm Tobruk in April-May 1941, Nazi propaganda denigrated the garrison, ‘caught like rats in a trap’. Amid frequent bombing and shelling, Berlin’s scornful broadcasts were an unintended tonic. ‘Frequently we laughed and joked until the tears came into our eyes’, a Digger quipped. From Tobruk, to the blunting of Rommel’s attacks at El Alamein, the price of victory was palpably high: ‘some of my best mates didn't come out of it’, lamented a corporal to his sister. Returning to Australia in 1943, some men maimed or traumatised, brought a further test for the Diggers ... Told in the words of the men who served, Desert Diggers offers a new personal perspective on the Western Desert campaign. With immediacy and raw emotion, these skillfully woven letters provide a remarkable and compelling account of the Australian experience of war.