Tobruk
Birth of a legend
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
31 March 2003
Summary
The siege of Tobruk in 1941 was the first time the British army succeeded in defeating a German army operation in WW2. Despite all the ingenuity of Erwin Rommel, the ‘Desert Fox’ and the bravery of his Afrika Corps, 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 saga that ‘Lord Haw Haw’, the German propaganda broadcaster, coined the phrase ‘desert rats’. He int…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780304362585 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0304362581 |
| Author: | Frank Harrison |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Cassell Military |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 2003 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 26mm |
| Series: | W&N Military |
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About The Author
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 POW in Africa, Italy, Germany and finally Czechoslovakia. He became an art teacher after the war and it was while teaching on an Indian reservation that his writing career began.
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