9 December 1940
North Africa
Opens a counter-offensive threatening Tripoli, the fascist capital in north Africa
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Tobruk in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Opens a counter-offensive threatening Tripoli, the fascist capital in north Africa
Opens a counter-offensive threatening Tripoli, captital of fascist north Africa
The British capture the port of Tobruk in Libya from the Italians
The British capture the port of Tobruk in Libya from the Italians
The British Army captures Tobruk
The British capture the port of Tobruk in Libya from the Italians
The operation is a failure & Wavell is replaced by Auchinleck. Launched to relieve Tobruk & break the Axis defenses on the Egypt border
A German counterattack forces the Allies the retreat
Charged with carrying out operation Crusader to relieve Tobruk & re-capture Cyrenaica
Alan Cunningham is charged with relieving Tobruk & the re-conquest of Cyrenaica
Charged with carrying out operation Crusader to relieve Tobruk & re-capture Cyrenaica
The Australian Brigade in Tobruk is relieved by British troops
Operation Crusader, to relieve, Tobruk is launched
Repulses German attacks on the fortress, Rommel decide to abanon Tobruk
Erwin Rommel is forced to abandon his siege of Tobruk
Commands the Eighth Army which captures Tobruk from Rommel
Commands the Eighth Army which captures Tobruk from Rommel
Rommel drives the Eighth Army back to Gazala, only 25 miles outside Tobruk
Appointed Commander of the Eighth Army after the fall of Tobruk
Appointed Commander of the Eighth Army after the fall of Tobruk
Montgomerys forces enter Tobruk which was never again to fall under German control
Eighth Army re-enters Tobruk while the Axis retreat continues westward.
Orders Church bells to be rung throughout England after the capture of Tobruk
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