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Tobruk: The Birth of a Legend
Frank Harrison
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Description for Tobruk: The Birth of a Legend
Paperback. The 'Desert Rats' defeat Rommel: ' .. an impressive book .. highly recommended.' John Pimlott, MILITARY ILLUSTRATED Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 352 pages, 29, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJH; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
The 'Desert Rats' defeat Rommel: ' ... an impressive book ... highly recommended.' John Pimlott, MILITARY ILLUSTRATED
The siege of Tobruk in 1941 was the first time the British army succeeded in defeating a German army operation in World War II. Despite all the ingenuity of Erwin Rommel, the 'Desert Fox', and the bravery of his Afrika Korps, the outnumbered and outgunned British garrison held the port until a relief mission, 'Operation Battleaxe', drove back the German and Italian forces.
It was during this epic siege that 'Lord Haw Haw', the German propaganda broadcaster, coined the phrase 'Desert ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cassell
Condition
New
Series
Cassell Military Paperbacks
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780304362585
SKU
V9780304362585
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Ref
99-1
About Frank Harrison
At the age of twenty Frank Harrison served on the signals staff during the siege of Tobruk. He was subsequently captured and spent several years as a prisoner of war in Africa, Italy, Germany and finally Czechoslovakia. Frank became an art teacher after the war and it was while teaching on an Indian reservation in Northern Canada that his writing ... Read more
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