Sahara
Here in the story
On the road
Separated from its unit in the retreat, the tank Lulubelle heads south and collects British, South African, Free French and Sudanese soldiers.
What happened here
This small Libyan port was the key to Axis supply in North Africa. Its garrison, led by the Australian 9th Division, the 'Rats of Tobruk', withstood Rommel's siege from April to November 1941. Tobruk fell on 21 June 1942, with some 33,000 Allied troops captured, a blow that sent Churchill's standing to a low. A British commando and naval raid on the port in September 1942 failed with heavy losses.
Films and series set in Tobruk
Ice Cold in Alex
Here in the story
Base
As the Afrika Korps closes in, Captain Anson's ambulance unit is ordered out of Tobruk and his vehicle gets separated from the rest.
Tobruk
Here in the story
Battle
Inside the port, the commandos go for the fuel bunkers and the guns covering the harbour as the landing force approaches.
World on Fire
Here in the story
Battle
Harry's platoon and an Indian sapper unit fight in the desert as Rommel's forces surround Tobruk.
