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Chips Rafferty, Peter Finch, and Grant Taylor (all of whom are Australian) star in this wartime drama about one of Australia's greatest military legends: The Rats of Tobruk. Rafferty and Taylor play two tough Australian soldiers and Finch the slightly stuffy Englishman they befriend, who are part of the battalion commanded to hold the Libyan city of Tobruk against invasion by Germany's Afrika Corps, led by General Erwin Rommel. Commanded to hold the city for two months against blitzkrieg attacks that had not yet been successfully repelled, so that reinforcements could be sent. In the course of the fighting, the Germans blasted insults as well as artillery at the largely Aussie troops, likening them to rats. Using this as a rallying cry, the "rats" of Tobruk defended the city for 250 days, winning an important battle against the Germans, and helping to turn the tide of WWII.Product Identifiers
UPC0720917530024
eBay Product ID (ePID)3365059
Product Key Features
ActorPeter Finch, Chips Rafferty
RatingNR
Movie/TV TitleFighting Rats of Tobruk
DirectorCharles Chauvel
FormatDVD
Release Year2001
Additional Product Features
Region CodeRegion0
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureAU
Leading RolePeter Finch, Chips Rafferty
Film CountryAustralia
Release Date20011113