Tobruk or Tobruck (/təˈbrʊk, toʊ-/; Ancient Greek: Ἀντίπυργος, Antipyrgos; Latin: Antipyrgus; Italian: Tobruch; Arabic: طبرق, romanized: Ṭubruq; also transliterated...
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150km 100miles Port of Tobruk. The Siege of Tobruk (/təˈbrʊk, toʊ-/) took place between 10 April and 27 November 1941, during the Western Desert campaign...
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Tobruk were soldiers of the Australian-led Allied garrison that held the Libyan port of Tobruk against the Afrika Corps, during the Siege of Tobruk in...
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Tobruk is a town and a seaport in Libya. Tobruk, Tubruk or Tubruq may also refer to: Siege of Tobruk, a prolonged campaign in World War II Axis capture...
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Tobruk Air Transport and Cargo, commonly known as Tobruk Air, was a cargo airline based in Libya. Boeing 707 Antonov An-24 Ilyushin Il-76 Tobruk Airport...
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Australian Navy have been named HMAS Tobruk, after the town of Tobruk in Libya and the siege fought there in 1941. HMAS Tobruk (D37), a Battle-class destroyer...
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The Axis capture of Tobruk, also known as the Fall of Tobruk and the Second Battle of Tobruk (17–21 June 1942) was part of the Western Desert campaign...
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Operation Crusader (redirect from Breakout from Tobruk)
Egyptian–Libyan frontier, defeat the Axis armoured forces near Tobruk, raise the Siege of Tobruk and re-occupy Cyrenaica. On 18 November 1941, the Eighth Army...
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Battle of Tobruk may refer to: Battle of Tobruk (1911), an engagement in December 1911 during the Italo-Turkish War Battle of Tobruk (1941), the capture...
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Western Desert campaign (section Tobruk)
Sonnenblume, which pushed the Allies back to Egypt except for the siege of Tobruk at the port. At the end of 1941, Axis forces were defeated in Operation...
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