Tobruk

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2006
Edition: First Edition

Description: 580 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. This Extraordinary Book Is The Definitive Account Of This Remarkable Chapter In Australia's History, Drawing On Extensive Source Material Including Diaries And Letters, Many Never Before Published.

Publishers Description: In the tradition of his bestselling Kokoda, Peter Fitzsimmons, Australias most belove popular historian, focuses on one of the seminal moments in Australian history: the Battle of Tobruk in 1941, in which more than 15,000 Australian troops - backed by British artillery - fought in excruciating desert heat through eight long months, against Adolf Hitlers formidable Afrika Korps.In the dark heart of World War II, when Hitler turned his attention to conquering North Africa, a distracted and far-flung Allied force could not give its all to the defence of Libya. So the job was left to the roughest, toughest bunch that could be mustered: the Australian Imperial Force. This forces defence of the harbour city of Tobruk against the Afrika Korps armoured division is not only the stuff of Australian legend but also one of the great battles of all time as, against the might of General Rommel and his Panzers, the Australians relied on one factor in particular to give them the necessary strength against the enemy: mateship.Drawing on extensive source material - including diaries and letters, many never published before - this extraordinary book, written in Peter Fitzsimmons highly readable style, is the defining account of this remarkable chapter in Australias history.

ISBN: 9780732276454