Tobruk 1941 / Chester Wilmot
- Bib ID:
- 8052932
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Wilmot, Chester, 1911-1954, author
- Online Access:
- National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
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- Access Conditions:
- National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries
- Description:
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- Melbourne, Victoria : The Text Publishing Company, 2017
- 1 online resource (464 pages) : maps.
- ISBN:
- 9781925410693
- Series:
- Text Classics.
- Summary:
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In early 1941 Australian soldiers stormed Italy's stronghold on the Libyan coast and took control of the port city of Tobruk. Heavily outnumbered, yet resourceful and defiant, the Australians then defended the garrison against sustained attack by German forces. For five months the 'Rats of Tobruk' held on, dealing a major blow to the Axis powers' North African campaign. Tobruk 1941 is the pioneering ABC reporter Chester Wilmot's on-the-ground account of the siege, a landmark work of war writing. This edition comes with a new introduction by the historian Peter Cochrane.
- Notes:
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- "Introduced by Peter Cochrane"--Cover.
- First published as "Tobruk 1941: Capture-Siege-Relief" by Angus & Robertson, 1944.
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- Also Titled:
- Tobruk nineteen forty-one
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2017
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