December 9, 2016 is the 75th anniversary of the lifting of the siege of Tobruk, the port on the north coast of Libya, that proved such a thorn in Rommel’s ...
Tobruk
Book Review: Tobruk and Beyond: War Notes from the Mediterranean Station 1941–1943.
By Albert Lawrence Poland, Published by Halstead Press, Canberra, 2018. Hard cover, 176 pp with b&w illustrations, maps and portraits. Available from booksellers at about $33.00. Peter Poland, the editor ...
Wounded by a Tin of Peaches
The Tobruk Spud Run 1941 The three Services, Navy, Army and Air Force were as dissimilar as chalk and cheese, yet we were all bent on one purpose, to beat ...
Book Review: The Pirate of Tobruk – Biography of Commander Alfred Palmer RNR
Australian Naval History on 17 November 1951
The destroyer HMAS Tobruk (I) was in action off the east coast of Korea, engaging and destroying a North Korea supply train as it attempted to get past Tobruk’s patrol ...