Carrier Hill

The Australian commander of the Tobruk garrison, Major General Leslie Morshead, was not content to rest on the laurels of his Easter victory against Rommel's first assault on the fortress. ln response to a newspaper headline "Tobruk Can Take It." he is reported to have replied “We're not here to …

1941-04-22

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The Australian commander of the Tobruk garrison, Major General Leslie Morshead, was not content to rest on the laurels of his Easter victory against Rommel's first assault on the fortress. ln response to a newspaper headline "Tobruk Can Take It." he is reported to have replied “We're not here to take it, we're here to give it!" Morshead's strategy moving forward was to contest the ground between the two sides” positions with aggressive patrolling and the occasional raid. One such raid sent a combined arms force of infantry, carriers, tanks, and anti-tank guns against an Italian gun position on the reverse slope of a hill about a half mile beyond the southwestern corner of the defensive perimeter. This Italian position faced Point 209, a low rise named Ras El Madauur and a key Australian defensive position. and its proximity was a threat. The raiding party's orders were simple: “Take out the Italians and destroy the guns."

Tobruk, Libya SEIGE

The Siege of Tobruk lasted for 241 days in 1941, after Axis forces advanced through Cyrenaica from El Agheila in Operation Sonnenblume against Allied forces in Libya, during the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) of the Second World War. In late 1940, the Allies had defeated the Italian 10th Army during Operation Compass (9 December 1940 – 9 February 1941) and trapped the remnants at Beda Fomm. During early 1941, much of the Western Desert Force (WDF) was sent to the Greek and Syrian campaigns. As German troops and Italian reinforcements reached Libya, only a skeleton Allied force remained, short of equipment and supplies.

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Scenario Type = Standard