Tobruk: The Great Siege Reassessed

This is a study of one of the major actions of World War II, Tobruk, the longest siege in British military history overseas. This reassessment describes the role of the Australians holding the siege, Rommel's part in creating the situation, and the part played by the 70th British Division, an often-overlooked action which broke the stalemate and invincibility of Rommel. The author, Frank Harrison, took part in the action, and in this mixture of personal memoir and historical analysis he offers new insights into the event and into the character of Rommel - was he master strategist, opportunist or self-promoter of the myth which surrounded him?

About the Author
At the age of twenty Frank Harrison served on the signals staff during the siege of Tobruk. He was subsequently captured and spent several years as a prisoner of war in Africa, Italy, Germany and finally Czechoslovakia. Frank became an art teacher after the war and it was while teaching on an Indian reservation in Northern Canada that his writing career began.

Hardcover with d/w Brockhampton Press 352pp 1999

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