Siege of Tobruk
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The
Siege of Tobruk was a lengthy confrontation between
Axis and
Allied forces in the
North African Campaign of
World War II. It started on
10 April 1941 as Generalleutnant Erwin
Rommel invested the fort, besieging it for months, and launched attacks against the fort that were unsucceful. Finally, after a failed, but nearly successful, British attempt to relieve the fort,
Rommel retreated and the fort was relieved. It was the longest siege in British military history. However, it was also the first land defeat for German forces in
World War II.
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