Tobruk: The Siege

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Автор: James W. Stock

Название: Tobruk: The Siege

Издательство: Ballantine Books

Серия: Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century Campaign Book №16

Год: 1973

Формат: PDF

Страниц: 160

Размер: 74 Mb

Язык: English

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The siege of Tobruk was a confrontation that lasted 240 days between Axis and Allied forces in North Africa during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. The siege started on 11 April 1941, when Tobruk was attacked by an Italo-German force under Lieutenant General Erwin Rommel, and continued for 240 days up to 27 November 1941, when it was relieved by the Allied 8th Army during Operation Crusader. Tobruk marked the first time that the advance of the German Panzers had been brought to a halt.[9] Following Operation Crusader, the siege of Tobruk was lifted in December, 1941.