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Tobruk 1942

Tobruk 1942

Rommel and the Battles Leading to His Greatest Victory

by David Mitchelhill-Green
Paperback
Publication Date: 24/02/2022

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Controversial reevaluation of one of the Allies' worst defeats at the hands of the Desert Fox, Rommel.

Tobruk was one of the greatest Allied victories and one of the worst Allied defeats of the Second World War. The 1942 fiasco rocked the very foundation of Winston Churchill's premiership. It revived the flagging hopes of the German people and fanned the flames of Arab unrest. Furthering Rommel's ascendency and souring relations within the British Commonwealth, it marked a turning point in Anglo-American relations and the fight against the Third Reich.

Utilising a wealth of primary and secondary sources Tobruk 1942 examines why the fortress fell to Rommel's Axis forces in just 24 hours when it held out against repeated attacks the previous year. Comparing the 1941 and 1942 battles, this book presents a new perspective on Tobruk the isolated Libyan fortress, and symbol of Allied freedom, which for a period in the war captured the world's attention. 

ISBN:
9780750998925
9780750998925
Category:
Second World War
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
24-02-2022
Publisher:
The History Press Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Edition:
2nd Edition
Pages:
432
Dimensions (mm):
198x129mm
David Mitchelhill-Green

Over the past thirty years David Mitchelhill-Green has travelled the globe in search of lost stories from the Second World War. His photographic investigations have featured in the magazine After the Battle and national newspapers.

David is the author of Rommel in North Africa; With Rommel in the Desert; Air WAR over North Africa; Fighting in the Ukraine and Tobruk 1942. Several years in Japan led to an interest in Japanese history and the co-authoring of Castles of the Samurai and Samurai Castles.

David lives in Melbourne, Australia, with his wife Jennifer and two children.

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