Tobruk Harbor is formed by a neck of land running out, making a small bay which gives the only protection along this coast to the prevailing northerlies. The town — or what is left of it — is ...

Tom Pritchard, who has died aged 102, was believed to be the last Australian soldier to serve with the Desert Rats during the siege of Tobruk. In January 1941, Australian troops overwhelmed ...

Tobruk was captured by the Germans and the 35,000-strong garrison taken prisoner of war. The fact files in this timeline were commissioned by the BBC in June 2003 and September 2005. Find out more ...

Stories categorised in 'Siege of Tobruk 1941'. These stories may contain references to other themes. My other son the twin boy ended up chairman and complete charge of a computing firm in ...

Rommel had swept past Tobruk and it looked as if the town was in for yet another siege. ‘The following day there was a new plan and all personnel not needed to defend a besieged Tobruk were ...

The Rats of Tobruk was the name given to the soldiers of the garrison who held the Libyan port against a German-Italian army commanded by Gen.Erwin Rommel during the 1941 Siege of Tobruk.