Tobruk [electronic resource]
Peter FitzSimons2010
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The number 1 non-fiction bestseller. More than 100,000 copies sold! 'What we
have, we hold' MOttO OF AUStRALIA'S 2/17tH BAttALION In the tradition of his
bestselling Kokoda, Peter FitzSimons, Australia's most beloved 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 Hitler's formidable Afrika Korps. During the dark heart of
World War II, when Hitler turned his attention to conquering North Africa, a
distracted and far-fl ung 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. the AIF's defence of the harbour city
of tobruk against the Afrika Korps' armoured division is not only the stuff of
Australian legend, it is one of the great battles of all time,...
Main title:
Tobruk [electronic resource] / Peter FitzSimons
Author:
Peter FitzSimons, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins, 2010
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (608 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780732291563
Language:
English
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BRN:
439049
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