So up the Derne road we go, leaving Tobruk behind us, Jerry frying instead of us. The RAF had knocked about... On the 12th, we put to sea from Alexandria with the cruiser HMS Carlisle, two other ...
The Fortress of Bir Hakeim served as one of the most important strongholds of the Free French Army against General Erwin Rommel’s Panzerarmee Afrika. In May 1942 around 3700 soldiers of the 1st Free ...
Don't miss out on the headlines from Gold Coast. Followed categories will be added to My News. Even at age 98, the Gold Coast Rat of Tobruk veteran would overlook the arid red desert near Cloncurry ...
When Dennis Davis was fighting on the battlefield of Tobruk, he received a letter from home which he says left him “broken”. on March 25, 1941. His story, and that of thousands of other Australian ...
In May 1940, Captain Peter Vaux fought bravely in the first British tank battle of the war – seeing his friends killed at Arras as they tried to stop Rommel’s panzers sweeping through northern France ...
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