The vital port of Tobruk was deemed to be too valuable to loose and it was defended by the 1st Australian Division. A British brigader thought fit to inspect the troops to boost their morale.

When Bob arrived in Tobruk shortly after the siege had been lifted, WO1 Alan Jones led the workshop vehicles through the streets to their new base. He was about to perform the introductions when ...

“Our task,” explained General Leslie James (“Holy Terror”) Morshead, Commander of Tobruk, “is to drive a corridor from the perimeter [of our defenses] to the Axis road, which we hope to ...