File:AustraliansAtTobruk.jpg

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IWM caption : Australian troops occupy a front line position at Tobruk. Between April and December 1941 the Tobruk garrison, comprising British, Australian and Polish troops, was besieged by Rommel's forces. It fell to the Germans after the battle of Gazala on 21 June 1942 but was recaptured five months later.


Comment : see Siege of Tobruk.
Date Taken on 13 August 1941
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This photograph E 4792 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-32)
Author Smith, N (Lt), No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit


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