Tobruk 75th Anniversary Edition, 9781460751916
Paperback
Aussie Rats of Tobruk stand against Rommel in WWII’s desert heat.

Tobruk 75th Anniversary Edition

$28.15

  • Paperback

    720 pages

  • Release Date

    20 March 2016

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Summary

The definitive account of when Australia’s famed Rats of Tobruk they took on General Erwin Rommel, The Desert Fox.

The classic story of 1941’s Battle of Tobruk, in which more than 15,000 Australian troops - backed by British artillery - fought in excruciating desert heat through eight long months, against Rommel’s formidable Afrika Korps.

During the dark heart of World War II, when Hitler turned his attention to conquering North Africa, a distracted and far-flung Allied force …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781460751916
ISBN-10:1460751914
Author:Peter FitzSimons
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Imprint:HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:720
Edition:75th
Release Date:20 March 2016
Weight:508g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 46mm
About The Author

Peter FitzSimons

Peter FitzSimons is a journalist with the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun-Herald. He is the author of over twenty-seven books - including biographies of Charles Kingsford Smith, Nancy Wake, Kim Beazley, Nene King, Nick Farr-Jones, Steve Waugh and John Eales - and is one of Australia’s biggest selling non-fiction authors of the last fifteen years.

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