Who won the siege of Tobruk?

The siege of Tobruk was won by the defending Allies, who resisted an Axis force led by General Erwin Rommel for 242 days.

What was Australia's role in the siege of Tobruk?

Australian troops played a significant role in the siege of Tobruk when Allied troops resisted an Axis force led by General Erwin Rommel. In the first part of the siege, the garrison of Tobruk included brigades of the Australian 9th Division.

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Definition

The siege of the port of Tobruk in Libya (April to Dec 1941) by Axis forces during the Second World War (1939-45) lasted 242 days and became a symbol of Allied resistance. Besieged by land but still supplied by sea, Tobruk was of vital strategic significance to both sides in the Western Desert Campaigns. Two attempted breakouts failed to lift the siege, but neither could the Axis troops led by General Erwin Rommel (1891-1944) break the defenders' resistance. It was not until a third Allied offensive, code-named Crusader, that Rommel was finally obliged to withdraw.

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