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...

150km 100miles Port of Tobruk.    The Siege of Tobruk (/təˈbrʊk, toʊ-/) took place between 10 April and 27 November 1941, during the Western Desert campaign...

offensive by Axis forces under Erwin Rommel the following year resulted in Tobruk being captured in June 1942. It was held by the Axis forces until November...

Saturday". Axis inflicts heavy defeat on British armoured divisions 21 June: Axis capture of Tobruk 28 June: Mersa Matruh, Egypt, falls to the Axis 29 June:...

intended to bypass Axis defences on the Egyptian–Libyan frontier, defeat the Axis armoured forces near Tobruk, raise the Siege of Tobruk and re-occupy Cyrenaica...

Tobruk is a town and a seaport in Libya. Tobruk, Tubruk or Tubruq may also refer to: Siege of Tobruk, a prolonged campaign in World War II Axis capture...

drove the Allies back again, then captured Tobruk after the Battle of Gazala but failed to destroy their opponents. The Axis invaded Egypt and the Allies retreated...

Tobruk by the Allies in January 1941 Siege of Tobruk, by the Axis from April to November 1941 Battle of Tobruk (1942), the fall of Tobruk to the Axis...

Axis operations – including the Battle of Gazala (26 May to 21 June 1942), the Axis capture of Tobruk on 21 June and Operation Aïda, the pursuit of the...

the defeat of the Axis powers. Closer to the front and after months of political debate, it was decided that the Australian garrison in Tobruk had to be...

reputation of Klopper and his troops. With the capture of Tobruk, the Axis gained a port nearer the Aegean–Crete route and a large amount of Allied supplies...

served as the commander of Axis forces in North Africa from 1941 to 1943 during World War II. In addition to being a general of the Royal Italian Army...

May – 11 June against Axis forces of Panzerarmee Afrika commanded by Generaloberst Erwin Rommel. The Panzerarmee captured Tobruk ten days later. The delay...

Army offensive during the Second World War to raise the Siege of Tobruk and re-capture eastern Cyrenaica from German and Italian forces. It was the first...

campaign in North Africa in 1940 resulted in the capture of Tobruk from the Italians in January 1941, Axis forces, now reinforced by the Afrika Korps under...

Brigade moved into Tobruk as a mobile reserve in the centre of the defences, but was ordered out to the east before the Axis capture of Tobruk on 21 June. The...

after the Axis capture of Tobruk. 1942 – The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by U.S. Congress. 1944 – World War II: Opening day of the Soviet...

Libyan–Egyptian frontier. Axis forces failed to capture Tobruk in the first rush and Rommel then had to divide the Axis forces between Tobruk and the frontier...

not prepared Tobruk for a lengthy siege and planned to return to relieve the Tobruk garrison within two months. The Axis capture of Tobruk in a day came...

reinforcements from Tripoli, the Axis attacked again, defeating the Allies in the Battle of Gazala in June and capturing Tobruk. The Axis forces drove the Eighth...

battles of Gazala, Tobruk, Bir Hakeim and Mersa Matruh. For his successes he was awarded, on May 26, 1942, the Officer's Cross of the Military Order of Savoy...

operation carried out by British, Rhodesian and New Zealand forces on Axis-held Tobruk from 13 to 14 September 1942, during the Second World War. A Special...

Axis & Allies is a series of World War II strategy board games. The first version was initially published in 1981 and a second edition known colloquially...

defeated, resulting in the Axis capture of Tobruk. On 25 June, Ritchie was sacked by Auchinleck, who assumed personal command of the Eighth Army. Michael...

Axis capture of Tobruk. He spent the rest of the war transitioning between German and Italian prison camps and was later appointed an Officer of the Order...

Tobruk is a 1967 American drama war film directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Rock Hudson and George Peppard. The film was written by Leo Gordon (who...

(160 km) east to Sollum on the Libyan–Egyptian border. The main Axis force began the Siege of Tobruk, and a small German force pressed eastwards, retaking all...

Tergestea at Tobruk during the night, removing the last hope for refuelling the Panzerarmee. By 26 October, XXX Corps had completed the capture of the bridgehead...

Division was part of the German offensive in January 1942 that retook Benghazi. It participated in the battle of Gazala, the capture of Tobruk and the German...

down the Fallschirmjäger (parachute and glider troops) but the Axis capture of Tobruk in mid-June made it appear that an invasion was redundant. Hitler...