Description

Title: Desert Siege – Tobruk: a great example of Australian courage

Author: Wilmot, Chester

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 4th Edition

Publication Date: 2003

ISBN: 0143001728

Cover: Soft Cover without Dust Jacket – 348 pages

Comments: With the distinctive mix of vigour and intelligence that made him a celebrated correspondent during and after the Second World War, Chester Wilmot tells the story of the fighting in and around Tobruk from January to December 1941.

Tobruk set an example of courage in the face of superior strength; of firm spirit in spite of hardship; of cheerfull defiance and offensive defence. Like Gallipoli, the coastal fortress of Tobruk in northern Africa has a special place in Australia’s war annals. For eight months in 1941 the Australian Imperial Force helped hold the besieged town against German forces that had hitherto suffered no check. With the distinctive mix of vigour and intelligence that made him a celebrated correspondent during and after the Second World War, Chester Wilmot here tells the story of the fighting in and around Tobruk from January to December 1941. His compelling book, based on personal observation, official documents and eyewitness accounts, is given even greater impact by the use of enemy sources, including extracts from the diaries of German officers.