Britain's famed siege port of Tobruk fell today after an overwhelming, 24-hour assault by Col. Gen. Erwin Rommel's forces.

At 3 a.m. the roar of a barrage laid down by Tobruk’s defenders broke out at the western end of the 30-mile defense perimeter; Polish troops from the garrison started a diversion there.

Driscoll had taken part in battle re-enactments while serving in El Alamein as part of an official campaign to record the events of Tobruk. His image, holding a .303 rifle with a fixed bayonet ...

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 ...

The port city of Tobruk would become the epicenter of the brutal African campaign during World War 2, and it would push the Allies to unimaginable lengths in their attempt to defend it.