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Tobruk, the longest siege in British military history, and a word that conjeres up all the dramas and tribulations of war in the Western Desert. This new study of the action is a rare book —an analytical reassessment by a veteran of the campaign. Frank Harrison ably who was there with themore dispassionate evaluation of a writer who wants to present the whole picture. The volume has htree principal sections: the siege, in which the Australian 9th Division held out so manfully against Rommel's Afrika Korps; the breakout, where the British 70th Division broke clear of the fortress to create a corridor towards an intended rendezvous with the Eighth Army; and an important appraisal of the main opponent the Allied faced —the Deser Fox, Erwin Rommel. The understated role of the British division, the awesome battles they faced in opening and maintaining the corridor and the support to the action provided by the Royal Navy and RAF is clearly demosntrated and fully described. The author brigs a veteran's knowledge to his account of the bloody conflict —to redress the unbalanced account that the official histories and sundry studies have provided. Furhermore, the fresh look at Rommel —who su

Author

Harrison, Frank

Publisher

Jensen, Roy P Inc Remainders

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9781860199868

Subjects

History, Humanities