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The Longest Siege: Tobruk - The Battle That Saved North Africa by Robert Lyman (Paperback, 2009)
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Beginning on 10th April, 1941, and lasting 240 days, the siege of Tobruk is a mesmerising tale of human endurance and heroism, as the Libyan port's 24,000 defenders met increasingly desperate attempts by Rommel's Panzer divisions to break through the hurriedly thrown-up defences. It was a battle of bayonets and grenades against tanks, of David versus Goliath. The eventual allied victory came against overwhelming odds, plus the morale-sapping knowledge that the defenders were surrounded on one side by the sea, and on the other by Hitler's men and machines. Tobruk was defended in the main by the Australian 9th Division, followed by the British 70th Infantry Division. By December 1941 Rommel had been beaten and forced to withdraw his forces from Cyrenaica. The siege was lifted and the exhausted, gallant defenders able to march out in triumph.Product Identifiers
PublisherPan Macmillan Australia
ISBN-139781405039499
eBay Product ID (ePID)94948002
Product Key Features
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameThe Longest Siege: Tobruk-The Battle That Saved North Africa
Publication Year2009
SubjectGovernment
TypeTextbook
AuthorRobert Lyman
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height232 mm
Item Weight536 g
Item Width154 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureAustralia
Title_AuthorRobert Lyman
GenreBiographies & True Stories
