Description
Title: Tobruk 1941, Capture, Siege & Relief
Author: Wilmot, Chester
Condition: Very Good Plus – Dust jacket is a reproduction. Spine slack as per picture.
Edition: 1st Edition
Publication Date: 1944
ISBN: Nil
Cover: Hard Cover with reproduction Dust Jacket – 348 pages
Comments: Chester Wilmot’s classic account of the Battle of Tobruk.
March 1941. The Allied forces have suffered one brutal defeat after another. For Hitler’s forces the conquest of Egypt, and the rich oil fields of the Middle East, lie next on the horizon. All that stand in their way are a few Australian brigades defending a town called Tobruk.
For eight months the Australian Imperial Forces defended the North African coastal fortress, battling almost unbeatable odds in the dust and the heat of the Libran desert. Under the command of General Morshead, the troops used unorthodox methods and sheer grit to withstand the superior might of General Rommel’s elite ‘Afrika Korps’.
In this timeless classic, celebrated war correspondent Chester Wilmot shows us why dogged resistance, courage and sacrifice have become synonymous with the spirit of Australian troops.
Inscription on the half title page indicating that it was a 1944 Xmas gift to one of the ‘Rats of Tobruk’. Otherwise in very good condition.
