Siege of Tobruk

When

10 Apr 1941 – 27 Nov 1941

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

32.08° N, 23.96° E

Description

1941 military Confrontation in North Africa During the Second World War

War

World War II

Military confrontation in North Africa during the Second World War

The siege of Tobruk took place between 10 April and 27 November 1941, during the Western Desert campaign (1940–1943) of the Second World War. An Allied force, consisting mostly of the 9th Australian Division, commanded by Lieutenant-General Leslie Morshead, was besieged in the North African port of Tobruk by German and Italian forces. The tenacious defenders quickly became known as the Rats of Tobruk.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “World War II – North African Campaign – Italian forces in Libya, in conjunction with the Afrika Korps, besiege Tobruk”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Belagerung von Tobruk durch das deutsche Afrikakorps beginnt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début du siège de Tobrouk par l'Afrika Korps”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en el norte de África se inicia el sitio de Tobruk, tras la retirada británica de Cirenaica”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “حصار طبرق في الفترة ما بين 10 أبريل و27 نوفمبر”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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