Battle Story: Tobruk 1941

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Pier Paolo Battistelli is a scholar of German and Italian politics and strategy throughout World War II. His titles include "Erwin Rommel," "Panzer Divisions," and "Rommel's Afrika Korps."

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The siege of Tobruk lasted 240 days during which the gallant garrison' of Allied soldiers, including the famousDesert Rats' held out against constant attacks from Rommel's Afrika Korps. The battle became one of the longest sieges in British military history and a potent symbol of British resistance.