Tobruk - Peter FitzSimons torrent

Category: Autobiography & Biographies, History, Military
Language: English
Keywords: Australian History WWII

Written by Peter FitzSimons
Read by Humphrey Bower
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Tobruk
By: Peter FitzSimons
Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
Release date
19-08-2008
Language
English
Format
Audiobook
Length
23 hrs and 22 mins
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Categories
History

In the early days of April 1941, the 14,000 Australian forces garrisoned in the Libyan town of Tobruk were told to expect reinforcements and supplies within eight weeks… Eight months later these heroic, gallant, determined ‘Rats of Tobruk’ were rescued by the British Navy having held the fort against the might of Rommel’s never-before defeated Afrika Corps. Like Gallipoli and Kokoda, the siege of Tobruk is an iconic battle in Australia’s military history. Under ceaseless attack from Rommel’s men, the Australian defence held strong.

In Tobruk, Peter FitzSimons relates the personal histories and stories not only of the men who defended the garrison against the German onslaught but of the Desert Fox, Erwin Rommel, and the powers back in both Berlin and Britain.

©2006 Peter FitzSimons. (P)2007 Bolinda Publishing