Don t Sleep on the Subway Book ThreeChapter 24
JAN 1941 TOBRUK IN NORTH AFRICA FALLS TO THE BRITISH “Tobruk was the only deep water port in Eastern Libya and as a consequence it had been heavily fortified by its former Italian garrison. The capture of Tobruk was essential for an advance on Alexandria and Suez. In April 1941, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel made its capture the main objective of his first offensive in North Africa. British forces ibn Libya’s eastern coastal region of Cyrenaica were caught completely by surprise and...