World War II: German and Italian forces attack Tobruk, Libya.

Siege of Tobruk

Military confrontation in North Africa during the Second World War

The siege of Tobruk took place between 10 April and 27 November 1941, during the Western Desert campaign (1940–1943) of the Second World War. An Allied force, consisting mostly of the 9th Australian Division, commanded by Lieutenant-General Leslie Morshead, was besieged in the…