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On June 21, 1942, Erwin Rommel captured Tobruk in one of WW2's most decisive North Africa victories, taking 33,000 prisoners and earning his Field Marshal's baton. The defeat humiliated Churchill but ...

170 crew dressed in formal winter uniform lined the deck of HMAS Tobruk as she sailed into Garden Island for the final time before being decommissioned. Under escort of the HMAS Darwin and HMAS ...

None of that pride had dimmed on the 70th anniversary of the Siege of Tobruk today. Macfarlane's 2-24th battalion was on the front line of the defence of the Libyan port city, which lasted some 242 ...

When Bob arrived in Tobruk shortly after the siege had been lifted, WO1 Alan Jones led the workshop vehicles through the streets to their new base. He was about to perform the introductions when Bob ...

Tobruk (1967) Director: Arthur Hiller Entertainment grade: C+ History grade: C– Tobruk is a port on the east of Libya's Mediterranean coast, near the border with Egypt. It was a hard-fought prize ...

She was launched on Saturday, March 1, 1980 by Lady Anna Cowen, the wife of then-governor-general Sir Zelman Cowen. She departed Tomago under her own power on December 16, 1980, and proceeded down the ...

There are only a few of the original Rats of Tobruk still alive, but many of those gathered in Canberra on Sunday to mark 75 years since the famous World War II siege. Australians proved their mettle ...

In the meantime, we carried on our routine convoy work enduring numerous bomber attacks, while at the same time the war in the desert was at its most critical time, with Rommel up to El Alamein ...

When Bob arrived in Tobruk shortly after the siege had been lifted, WO1 Alan Jones led the workshop vehicles through the streets to their new base. He was about to perform the introductions when Bob ...