Tobruk 1942

Rommel and the Battles Leading to His Greatest Victory

David Mitchelhill-Green

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HISTORY PRESS
01 April 2022

History; Military history; Second World War; Battles & campaigns

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AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR

Controversial reevaluation of one of the Allies' worst defeats at the hands of the Desert Fox, Rommel.

Tobruk was one of the greatest Allied victories and one of the worst Allied defeats of the Second World War. The 1942 fiasco rocked the very foundation of Winston Churchill's premiership. It revived the flagging hopes of the German people and fanned the flames of Arab unrest. Furthering Rommel's ascendency and souring relations within the British Commonwealth, it marked a turning point in Anglo-American relations and the fight against the Third Reich.

Utilising a wealth of primary and secondary sources Tobruk 1942 examines why the fortress fell to Rommel's Axis forces in just 24 hours when it held out against repeated attacks the previous year. Comparing the 1941 and 1942 battles, this book presents a new perspective on Tobruk the isolated Libyan fortress, and symbol of Allied freedom, which for a period in the war captured the world's attention.

AUTHOR: For the past twenty-five years David Mitchelhill-Green has travelled the globe documenting former Second World War battlefields for newspaper and magazine feature articles. Research for a Master of Arts in history at Monash University, Melbourne, formed the basis of this book. His other books include Fighting in Ukraine: A Photographer at War, and two forthcoming pictorials: With Rommel in the Desert and Rommel in North Africa. A keen photographer, his photos featured in Castles of the Samurai: Power and Beauty.

30 b/w illustrations

By: David Mitchelhill-Green
Imprint: HISTORY PRESS
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9780750998925
ISBN 10: 075099892X
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 01 April 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified