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Tobruk Commando: The Raid to Destroy Rommel�s Base

Tobruk Commando: The Raid to Destroy Rommel�s Base

Tobruk Commando: The Raid to Destroy Rommel�s Base
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Tobruk Commando: The Raid to Destroy Rommel�s Base Hardback - 2016

by Landsborough, Gordon

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Frontline Books, 2/20/2016 12:00:01 A. hardcover. New. 1.0236 in x 9.4488 in x 6.4961 in.
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  • Title Tobruk Commando: The Raid to Destroy Rommel�s Base
  • Author Landsborough, Gordon
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Frontline Books
  • Publication date 2/20/2016 12:00:01 A
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # mon0001297981
  • ISBN 9781848322448 / 1848322445
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 1 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 2.54 cm)
  • Size 1.0236 in x 9.4488 in x 6.4961 i
  • Category History - Military / War
  • Library of Congress subjects Tobruk, Battles of, Tobruk, Libya, 1941-1942, World War, 1939-1945 - Commando operations
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 79392415
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.542
  • Quantity available 5
  • Bookseller catalogues Book

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Reader reviews for Tobruk Commando: The Raid to Destroy Rommel�s Base

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"Gentlemen, we are going to capture Tobruk and destroy it."

'Operation Agreement' started as a fairly simple plan to destroy Rommel's bomb-proof oil-storage tanks at Tobruk on the eve of Alamein. But, catching the imagination of GHQ, the plan snowballed alarmingly. As well as a commando unit led by the plan's originator, Colonel Haselden, it came to include the RAF, the Royal Navy, the Marines and two of the largest destroyers in the Mediterranean.

It was a daring attempt to rob Rommel at one stroke of the three essentials to success in North Africa - oil, a supply port and shipping. But the calculated risks began to out balance the chances of success when it seemed that every dockyard worker in Alexandria and every cocktail-party-goer in Cairo knew about the raid before the officers and men set out. The operation went on, and became a tragedy of slaughtered men and sunken ships.

Tobruk Commando is a classic adventure story of the Second World War. The fast-moving action centers on the small commando of men which set out secretly through the deserts towards Tobruk. After a long journey across the desert sand, they arrived disguised as a group of POWs and their German captors. Expertly written, this is a wonderful tale of heroic bluff and a venture to test the courage and nerves of the toughest men.

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