Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill22 January 1941
The British Army captures Tobruk
Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The British Army captures Tobruk
The British capture the port of Tobruk in Libya from the Italians
Commands the Eighth Army which captures Tobruk from Rommel
Montgomerys forces enter Tobruk which was never again to fall under German control
Orders Church bells to be rung throughout England after the capture of Tobruk
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