April 1941
Siege of Tobruk
Besieges Tobruk, seeking to open the route east toward Egypt and the Suez Canal.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Tobruk in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Besieges Tobruk, seeking to open the route east toward Egypt and the Suez Canal.
Rommel begins to attack Tobruk
Ordered to consolidate on the Egyptian border & concentrate on capturing Tobruk
Reaches the frontier causing great confusion among the Allied Eighth Army. Breaks out from Tobruk to the Egyptiann border
Appointed Field Marshal after the Capture of Tobruk
Appointed Field Marshal after the Capture of Tobruk
Captures Tobruk then plans to move onto the Suez Canal
Captures Tobruk then plans to move onto the Suez Canal
Captures Tobruk then plans to move onto the Suez Canal
Captures Tobruk then plans to move onto the Suez Canal
Captures Tobruk and drives toward Egypt, creating the greatest Axis threat to the Suez Canal.
Rommel captures Tobruk. Bernard Montgomery launches an attack on the Deutsches Afrika Korps at Kidney Ridge
Rommel captures Tobruk
Rommel captures Tobruk. Bernard Montgomery launches an attack on the Deutsches Afrika Korps at Kidney Ridge
Rommell decides to withdraw from Tobruk, Hitler forces Rommel to stay. Bernard Montgomery launches an attack on the Deutsches Afrika Korps at Kidney Ridge
Rommell decides to withdraw from Tobruk, Hitler forces Rommel to stay
Rommell decides to withdraw from Tobruk, Hitler forces Rommel to stay
The Axis loss of Tobruk follows the retreat from El Alamein and weakens Rommel's North African position.
British forces recapture Tobruk after the Axis retreat following the Second Battle of El Alamein.
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