April 11th, 1941

Siege of Tobruk

The story of the Tobruk garrison begins in April 1941 when the Germans, striking with unexpected speed and mechanized strength, thrust the Imperial Forces back from Benghazi and across the Cyrenaican plains to the Egyptian frontier. Cut off from their main forces, the AIF fell back on Tobruk, retired behind its strongly fortified perimeter and established the ring of fire and steel on which successive waves of German shock troops were shattered. The strategy was simply this: to hold the town at all costs.
This map was made by Lobo

Germany	Australia
Ground Forces
Opel Blitz S 3.6 SdKfz 251/1 Ausf. C "Hanomag" SdKfz 222 PzKpfw II Ausf. C Carro Armato L6/40 PzKpfw IV Ausf. D PzKpfw III Ausf. J (early) Carro Armato M13/40	Bedford OY Universal Carrier Vickers Light Tank Mk. VI B Captured Fiat M11/39 Captured Carro Armato M13/40 Matilda Mk II Chevy 30cwt 2pdr Portee
Aircraft
Macchi C.200 Saetta Junkers Ju 87B-2 "Stuka"
Stationary Weapons
3.7 cm PaK 8.1cm Granatwerfer 34 Cannone da 105/28	Captured Cannone-Mitragliera da 20/65 modello 35 Ordnance QF 2-pdr AT Gun Mk I Ordnance ML 3 inch Mortar Mk II Ordnance QF 25-pdr Mk I