 | 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... 79 KB (10,260 words) - 12:11, 29 April 2024 |
 | Rats of Tobruk were soldiers of the Australian-led Allied garrison that held the Libyan port of Tobruk against the Afrika Corps, during the Siege of Tobruk... 19 KB (2,203 words) - 11:10, 30 March 2024 |
 | 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... 55 KB (7,450 words) - 16:38, 26 March 2024 |
 | is the capital of the Butnan District (formerly Tobruk District) and has a population of 120,000 (2011 est.). Tobruk was the site of an ancient Greek... 26 KB (2,278 words) - 14:31, 21 April 2024 |
 | Operation Crusader (redirect from Breakout from Tobruk) Egyptian–Libyan frontier, defeat the Axis armoured forces near Tobruk, raise the Siege of Tobruk and re-occupy Cyrenaica. On 18 November 1941, the Eighth Army... 82 KB (11,190 words) - 12:36, 28 April 2024 |
 | Western Desert campaign (redirect from Battle of Marsa Matruh) spring of 1941, Rommel led Operation Sonnenblume, which pushed the Allies back to Egypt except for the siege of Tobruk at the port. At the end of 1941,... 96 KB (12,543 words) - 21:42, 21 April 2024 |
 | Erwin Rommel (category Grand Officers of the Military Order of Savoy) April, except for the port city of Tobruk, which was besieged on 11 April. The siege of Tobruk was not technically a siege, as the defenders were still able... 260 KB (33,152 words) - 20:41, 30 April 2024 |
 | The British capture of Tobruk was a battle fought between 21 and 22 January 1941, as part of Operation Compass, the first offensive of the Western Desert... 29 KB (3,662 words) - 16:36, 26 March 2024 |
of Tobruk. The film follows three drover friends who enlist in the Australian Army together during World War II. Their story is based on the siege of... 16 KB (1,649 words) - 12:28, 28 April 2024 |
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... 19 KB (2,525 words) - 09:00, 28 April 2024 |
 | The Rats of Tobruk Memorial is on Anzac Parade, the principal ceremonial and memorial avenue of Canberra, Australia. The German siege of the Libyan Mediterranean... 3 KB (321 words) - 02:51, 16 January 2024 |
 | 9th Division (Australia) (category Siege of Tobruk) 1941–1942 in the North African campaign, at the Siege of Tobruk and both the First and Second Battles of El Alamein, the 9th Division returned to Australia... 47 KB (5,773 words) - 12:06, 15 April 2024 |
 | Eighth Army (United Kingdom) (category Field armies of the United Kingdom) efforts to lift the siege of Tobruk via Operation Crusader. It later directed Allied forces through the remaining engagements of the Western Desert campaign... 45 KB (5,437 words) - 12:58, 28 February 2024 |
 | Operation Sonnenblume (category Siege of Tobruk) the port of Tobruk was held by the British, the Axis position on the border was unstable, as the Italo-Germans were distracted by the siege, while the... 69 KB (8,819 words) - 11:13, 21 April 2024 |
 | Leslie Morshead (category Australian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George) he led the Australian and British troops at the Siege of Tobruk (1941) and at the Second Battle of El Alamein, achieving decisive victories over Erwin... 50 KB (6,119 words) - 05:33, 21 January 2024 |
The Desert Rats (film) (category Siege of Tobruk) James Mason, and Robert Newton. The film's storyline concerns the Siege of Tobruk in 1941 North Africa during World War II. German field marshal Erwin... 15 KB (1,942 words) - 22:00, 2 April 2024 |
 | Ron Barassi Sr. (category Australian people of Italian descent) was killed during the Siege of Tobruk. Barassi's grandfather was Swiss of Italian speaking background who migrated to the Colony of Victoria in the 1850/60s... 5 KB (403 words) - 07:07, 9 March 2024 |
 | Middle East Command Camouflage Directorate (category World War II military equipment of the United Kingdom) Desert Campaign of the Second World War. It provided camouflage during the siege of Tobruk; a dummy railhead at Misheifa, and the largest of all, Operation... 21 KB (2,229 words) - 17:26, 20 March 2024 |
capture of 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... 434 bytes (108 words) - 02:07, 13 September 2021 |
 | Crusader tank (category Tanks of Argentina) combat. As part of the 1st Armoured Brigade, the Crusader was to prove vital during the Second Battle of El Alamein, at the siege of Tobruk and in the Tunisia... 34 KB (4,465 words) - 20:28, 25 February 2024 |
 | Afrika Korps (category Corps of Germany in World War II) Almásy Operation Salaam Pier Paolo Battistelli. Rommel's Afrika Korps: Tobruk to El Alamein. Osprey Publishing, 2006, p. 82. Beevor, Antony (2009). D-Day:... 18 KB (1,828 words) - 00:21, 18 April 2024 |
Supercharge (1941), the second of three operations to relieve the Australian 9th Division during the siege of Tobruk Operation Supercharge (1942), an... 414 bytes (88 words) - 19:06, 18 August 2010 |
 | dismounted portion of the battalion with 3rd Armoured Bde Group formed part of the garrison for the first month of the Siege of Tobruk, and were then evacuated... 28 KB (3,530 words) - 21:49, 3 March 2024 |
 | Syria–Lebanon campaign (redirect from Invasion of Lebanon (1941)) Africa, the British were preparing Operation Battleaxe to relieve the siege of Tobruk and were fighting the East African Campaign (10 June 1940 – 27 November... 42 KB (4,953 words) - 07:30, 30 April 2024 |
Morgan Morgan-Giles (category Officers of the Order of the British Empire) Morgan-Giles later served with the Tobruk Garrison, in Tobruk during the Siege of Tobruk, where he 'swam' a mine out of the harbour, before being made the... 17 KB (1,987 words) - 14:59, 7 November 2023 |
 | 25th Infantry Division "Bologna" (redirect from 25th Territorial Division of Naples) Operation Sonnenblume the Bologna advanced to Tobruk in Eastern Libya. The Italian troops during the Siege of Tobruk were the 132nd Armored Division "Ariete"... 17 KB (1,908 words) - 19:27, 17 December 2023 |
 | 70th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) (category Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War II) defending the port for almost seven months, since the beginning of the siege of Tobruk. Under daily aerial and artillery attacks, the division defended... 60 KB (7,310 words) - 13:14, 9 February 2024 |
 | HMAS Tobruk (D37) was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built at the Cockatoo Island Dockyard, the destroyer was completed in... 10 KB (900 words) - 23:11, 16 June 2023 |
 | Operation Battleaxe (redirect from Tobruk 1941) a British Army offensive during the Second World War to raise the Siege of Tobruk and re-capture eastern Cyrenaica from German and Italian forces. It... 46 KB (5,869 words) - 23:53, 30 April 2024 |
 | Defensive fighting position (section Tobruks) which, along with other Allied forces, reused them in the Siege of Tobruk. A foxhole is one type of defensive strategic position. It is a "small pit used... 11 KB (1,187 words) - 08:41, 28 April 2024 |