Tobruk
by FitzSimons, Peter
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 073228631X
- ISBN 13
- 9780732286316
- Seller
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About This Item
Harper Collins Publishers Pty Ltd, Sydney, 2008. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good Condition. First impression. Size: 8vo Octavo (standard book size). 580 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Library stamps etc only on endpapers, half-title page.. This book is available and will be shipped within two business days. All items are tracked and details are available on request.. In the tradition of his bestselling Kokoda, Peter FitzSimons, Australia's most beloved popular historian, focuses on one of the seminal moments in Australian history: the Battle of tobruk in 1941, in which more than 15 000 Australian troops - backed by British artillery - fought in excruciating desert heat through eight long months, against Adolf Hitler's formidable Afrika Korps. During the dark heart of World War II, when Hitler turned his attention to conquering North Africa, a distracted and far-fl ung Allied force could not give its all to the defence of Libya. So the job was left to the roughest, toughest bunch that could be mustered: the Australian Imperial Force. the AIF's defence of the harbour city of tobruk against the Afrika Korps' armoured division is not only the stuff of Australian legend, it is one of the great battles of all time, as against the might of General Rommel and his Panzers, the Australians relied on one factor in particular to give them the necessary strength against the enemy: mateship. Drawing on extensive source material - including diaries and letters, many never published before - this extraordinary book, written in Peter FitzSimons' highly readable style, is the definitive account of this remarkable chapter in Australia's history. Foreword by Manfred Rommel. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; Australia; 1940s; History. ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9780732286316. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8015. . 9780732286316
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8015
- Title
- Tobruk
- Author
- FitzSimons, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 073228631X
- ISBN 13
- 9780732286316
- Publisher
- Harper Collins Publishers Pty Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- BZDB137 Australia. Australian Army, Tobruk, Battles of, Tobruk, Libya, 1941-1942, military, second world war, Military & Warfare; Australia; 1940s; History. EAN: 9780732286316 FitzSimons, Peter Tobruk
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