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Word: tobruk (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...roar of a barrage laid down by Tobruk's defenders broke out at the western end of the 30-mile defense perimeter; Polish troops from the garrison started a diversion there. Under its cover and that of darkness, British troops moved to the eastern extremity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Tobruk, After 33 Weeks | 12/8/1941 | See Source »

...greatest concentration of artillery Tobruk had ever used opened up on Butch, Jack, Jill and Tiger at 6 a.m. At 6:20 tanks moved forward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Tobruk, After 33 Weeks | 12/8/1941 | See Source »

...taken Butch. In due course Jack fell down and Jill came tumbling after. Tiger, the stiffest of the four, was assigned to a famous Scottish regiment. It went into battle to a sound it loved-its pipe major, who had not been allowed to skirl his bagpipes in Tobruk, played...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Tobruk, After 33 Weeks | 12/8/1941 | See Source »

Tiger finally fell to a double tank assault, and more than 1,000 prisoners were taken. London News Chronicle's William Forrest, who had been bottled in Tobruk seven months, talked with some of the Germans. They said they had been surprised by the attack. Most of them had come to Africa in July; now they felt the night cold, like their comrades in Russia, and many of them had taken to Italian uniforms which were warmer than their own. One thumped himself on the chest and shouted in English: "I am a German officer." Most of the officers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Tobruk, After 33 Weeks | 12/8/1941 | See Source »

Next day, just after 1 p.m., small specks appeared on the crest of the distant El Adem escarpment. The Tobruk commanders anxiously watched them through field glasses. They were tanks. At last the recognition signal came: red flashes, a 20-second pause, more flashes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Tobruk, After 33 Weeks | 12/8/1941 | See Source »

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