Siege of Tobruk
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| Siege of Tobruk | ||
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| Date: | April 11, 1941 | |
| Defender: | Great Britain | |
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| Attacker: | Germany | |
| Game Mode(s): | CQ | |
| Size(s): | 16, 32, 64 | |
| Created by: | Lobo | |
The story of the Tobruk garrison begins in April 1941 when the Germans, striking with unexpected speed and mechanized strength, thrust the Imperial Forces back from Benghazi and across the Cyrenaican plains to the Egyptian frontier. Cut off from their main forces, the AIF fell back on Tobruk, retired behind its strongly fortified perimeter and established the ring of fire and steel on which successive waves of German shock troops were shattered. The strategy was simply this: to hold the town at all costs.
