Tobruk 1941, the Desert Siege |
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
The Superb Tactician | 26 |
Retreat and Defence | 45 |
Copyright | |
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18th Brigade 9th Division Acroma Agedabia Agheila aircraft Allies ammunition anti-aircraft anti-tank ditch anti-tank guns armoured cars Armoured Division army arrived artillery assault attack Auchinleck Australian Government Bardia Battalion battle bayonet began Benghazi Blamey bombardment bombs British campaign captured carriers casualties Churchill commander counter-attack Cruiser Cyrenaica defence Derna dive-bombers dust Egypt El Agheila escarpment fighting fire force fortress fought front garrison German tanks Germans Greece ground gunners Halfaya Pass harbour Headquarters immediately infantry inside the perimeter khamsin killed Lavarack Leslie Morshead Libya machine-gun Mechili Mersa Matruh minefield Morshead moved Neame night North Africa officers ordered patrol platoon position prisoners Ras el Medauuar reconnaissance Regiment reinforcements relief reported Rommel sand sector sent side Sidi siege siege of Tobruk soldiers Spowers surrender Tobruk told Tripoli Tripolitania troops units vehicles wadi waiting Wavell Wavell's weapon pits Western Desert Western Desert Force Windeyer wire Wootten wounded