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Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1944. First Edition;. pages xiii, 348, appendices, index; 33 illusts., 12 text maps, front e/p map, fold out map; hardcover in (reproduction) dust jacket protected; (spine soiled, frayed top and bottom, initials on title page) o/wise good condition. . Tobruk, like Gallipoli, is a place name that means much in the war annals of Britain but especially Australia, for the Aistralian Imperial Forces (AIF) played the greater part in holding this fortress from 10 April to 10 December 1941 against German forces that hitherto had suffered no check. Chester Wilmot tells the story of the fighting in and around Tobruk in 1941, from its capture by General Wavell's Anglo-Australian forces in January to the replacement of the AIF garrison by British and Polish troops in September, and the relief of Tobruk by General Auchinleck's forces in December 1941. The author was a member of the Australian Broadcasting Commission's Field Unit in the Middle East with the 6th Australian Division during the capture of Tobruk. Extremely scarce.