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Tobruk

By Peter , Fitzsimons

Book information

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers;Accessible Publishing Systems
Year
2010
ISBN
9780732286316, 9780732291563, 9781458730343, 1458730344, 9781458730350, 1458730352
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1132391 bytes)
Series
Read how you want
Edition
EasyRead large edition 16
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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The number 1 non-fiction bestseller. More than 100,000 copies sold! 'What we have, we hold' MOttO OF AUStRALIA'S 2/17tH BAttALION In the tradition of his bestselling Kokoda, Peter FitzSimons, Australia's most beloved popular historian, focuses on one of the seminal moments in Australian history: the Battle of tobruk in 1941, in which more than 15 000 Australian troops - backed by British artillery - fought in excruciating desert heat through eight long months, against Adolf Hitler'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-fl ung Allied force could not give its all to the defence of Libya. So the job was left to the roughest, toughest bunch that could be mustered: the Australian Imperial Force. the AIF's defence of the harbour city of tobruk against the Afrika Korps' armoured division is not only the stuff of Australian legend, it is one of the great battles of all time, as...

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