| TITLE | TOBRUK 1941 The first attack of general Rommel |
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| Author | LATIMER, Jon |
| Translator | FIDLER, George |
| Place of publication | Prague |
| Publisher | Amercom SA |
| Year of release | 2010 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| ISBN | 978-83-261-0630-9 |
| Annotation | At the turn of the years 1940 and 1941 launched by the allied forces in Egypt, the offensive actions, which inflicted a severe defeat of the Italian armies in north Africa, which pushed away from the Kyrenaiky. In February 1941, therefore, to Tripoli arrived German general Erwin Rommel, followed by units of the German african corps. In the following two years, this corps and its commander, have become legends of the mediterranean theater of war. Shortly after his arrival commenced general Rommel's counterattack during which penetrated his troops through the desert and pinned the british forces to the egyptian border. In the left side of them, however, remained fortified port of Tobruk, the allied forces managed to keep. Crowded crew, consisting of the general part of the australian units, are managed against a number of German and Italian attacks keep, which general Rommel greatly complicated plans for an attack against Egypt. Successful defense of Tobruk, which participated in british, australian, indian, Polish and czechoslovak units, has become one of the largest battles in the sands of north african deserts and brought the allies in the critical year of 1941 one of the few victory . The publication includes a DVD with the films of the Fighting in north Africa 1941-1942 and Tigers in the desert. |
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