Over the centuries, Tobruk also served as a waystation along the coastal caravan route. By 1911, Tobruk had become an Italian military post. During World...
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Tobruk were soldiers of the Australian-led Allied garrison that held the Libyan port of Tobruk against the Afrika Corps, during the Siege of Tobruk in...
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150km 100miles Port of Tobruk. The siege of Tobruk (/təˈbrʊk, toʊ-/) took place between 10 April and 27 November 1941, during the Western Desert campaign...
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The Axis capture of Tobruk, also known as the Fall of Tobruk and the Second Battle of Tobruk (17–21 June 1942) was part of the Western Desert campaign...
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Operation Crusader (redirect from Breakout from Tobruk)
Egyptian–Libyan frontier, defeat the Axis armoured forces near Tobruk, raise the Siege of Tobruk and re-occupy Cyrenaica. On 18 November 1941, the Eighth Army...
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formerly a commander in Muammar Gaddafi's army. He was commander of the Tobruk Military Region. He was amongst the first of the army hierarchy to defect to...
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Defensive fighting position (redirect from Foxhole (military))
constructed in a military context, generally large enough to accommodate anything from one soldier to a fire team (or similar sized unit). Tobruk type positions...
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Job Maseko (category Recipients of the Military Medal)
port of Tobruk in 1942. He gained fame by his actions in sinking a German vessel with a milk can while serving as a POW stevedore in Tobruk harbour,...
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A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 10,000 to 25,000 soldiers. In most armies, a division is composed of several...
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took place over the Mediterranean Sea, about 40 miles (64 km) north of Tobruk, Libya. In 1973, Libya claimed much of the Gulf of Sidra (south of Latitude...
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The British capture of Tobruk was a battle fought between 21 and 22 January 1941, as part of Operation Compass, the first offensive of the Western Desert...
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Albury/Wodonga Military Area Wadsworth Barracks, Bandiana – Albury/Wodonga Military Area Tobruk Barracks, Puckapunyal – Puckapunyal Military Area Hopkins...
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This is a list of countries with overseas military bases. The establishment of military bases abroad enables a country to project power, e.g. to conduct...
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House of Representatives (Libya) (redirect from Tobruk government)
the Libyan Civil War, the House of Representatives relocated itself to Tobruk in the far east of Libya. Several HoR sessions were held in Tripoli in May...
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Western Desert campaign (category Military history of Italy during World War II)
Sonnenblume, which pushed the Allies back to Egypt except for the siege of Tobruk at the port. At the end of 1941, Axis forces were defeated in Operation...
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Bonner Fellers (category United States Military Academy alumni)
defeats at Gazala and Tobruk in June 1942. Fellers studied at Earlham College until he was appointed to the United States Military Academy at West Point...
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HMAS Tobruk (L 50) was a Landing Ship Heavy (LSH) of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), based on the design of the Round Table-class of the British Royal...
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Battle of Gazala (section Fall of Tobruk)
the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, west of the port of Tobruk in Libya, from 26 May to 21 June 1942. Axis troops of the Panzerarmee Afrika...
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Operation Battleaxe (redirect from Tobruk 1941)
British Army offensive during the Second World War to raise the Siege of Tobruk and re-capture eastern Cyrenaica from German and Italian forces. It was...
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Timeline of the North African campaign (category United States military history timelines)
positions in Tobruk during the Battle of Salient, roughly a 6th of Tobruk is now held by Germans 3 May: Australian counterattack at Tobruk fails 15 May:...
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Operation Agreement (category Military operations of World War II involving Germany)
operation carried out by British, Rhodesian and New Zealand forces on Axis-held Tobruk from 13 to 14 September 1942, during the Second World War. A Special Interrogation...
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Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade (category Siege of Tobruk)
the North African Campaign of World War II, notably during the Siege of Tobruk. In 1942 it formed the backbone of the 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division. In...
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Operation Sonnenblume (category Siege of Tobruk)
British retreat continuing to Tobruk and then on to the Libyan–Egyptian frontier. Axis forces failed to capture Tobruk in the first rush and Rommel then...
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Lilley, founding member of the British Special Air Service, one of the "Tobruk Four". Tommy Prince, Devil's Brigade, Canada's most decorated aboriginal...
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Tobruk International Airport (IATA: TOB, ICAO: HLTQ) is an airport serving the Mediterranean port city of Tobruk, capital of the Butnan District of Libya...
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Erwin Rommel (category German military writers)
ISBN 978-1-85367-322-1. Latimer, Jon (2001). Tobruk 1941: Rommel's Opening Move. Oxford: Osprey Military. ISBN 978-1-84176-092-6. Lieb, Peter (2018)....
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The Rats of Tobruk Memorial is on Anzac Parade, the principal ceremonial and memorial avenue of Canberra, Australia. The German siege of the Libyan Mediterranean...
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Tobruk is a town and a seaport in Libya. Tobruk, Tubruk or Tubruq may also refer to: Siege of Tobruk, a prolonged campaign in World War II Axis capture...
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The Tobruk Ferry Service (also known as the Tobruk Ferry Run) was the name given to the force of Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy ships involved in...
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Libyan Armed Forces (redirect from Libyan military)
after Khalifa Haftar was appointed in 2015 by the Libyan parliament in Tobruk as the supreme commander of the armed forces, he unified many militias into...
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