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Tobruk

Frank Harrison

The 'Desert Rats' defeat Rommel: ' ... an impressive book ... highly recommended.' John Pimlott MILITARY ILLUSTRATED

The siege of Tobruk in 1941 was the first time the British army succeeded in defeating a German army operation in World War II. Despite all the ingenuity of Erwin Rommel the 'Desert Fox' and the bravery of his Afrika Korps the outnumbered and outgunned British garrison held the port until a relief mission 'Operation Battleaxe' drove back the German and Italian forces.

It was during this epic siege that 'Lord Haw Haw' the German propaganda broadcaster coined the phrase 'Desert Rats'. He intended it as an insult but the soldiers at Tobruk took a perverse pride in the name which became the nickname of the 8th Army in general and the 7th Armoured division in particular.

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  • Classification : Military History
  • Pub Date : JAN 1, 2007
  • Imprint : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • Page Extent : 352
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9780304362585
  • Price : INR 520
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Frank Harrison

At the age of twenty Frank Harrison served on the signals staff during the siege of Tobruk. He was subsequently captured and spent several years as a prisoner of war in Africa Italy Germany and finally Czechoslovakia. Frank became an art teacher after the war and it was while teaching on an Indian reservation in Northern Canada that his writing career began.

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