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Aussie win every war and are the best at everything.

We don't like bullys,and Hitler was a bully

New Zealand was there aswell

All very well and I admire the performance of Australian troops in both World Wars but they only fought in Tobruk part of the siege. When war broke out my father volunteered and was commissioned into the 4th Border Regiment, a TA battalion, was part of 70 Div and after fighting in Greece and Syria they took over in Tobruk at 'half time' and then went to Burma. I first met him when I was six and a half when he came home on debarkation leave on VE Day. I was lucky, he came back.

Israel mentioned there? . In 1942 ? .

Lest we forget.

At 7:11 it is stated that the "Suez is1000kms west of Libya". I gathered you meant *east* of Libya.

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Being a historian, if you points out one side's of the confict failure, then never to mention the others. As you point out German first big loss in this war, you avoided to mention that for Australians and British, it was ALSO such big land loss in WW2 - they have lost Tobruk, and Winston Churchill wrote about this loss : "Defeat is one thing, disgrace is the other". Its the historians duty, that when presenting the history to the audience, then to do it obiectlively, as it is not our thing to highlight one side defeat, and avoid poiting out stright, that the other side also lost.

It's all over now. 😢 We're finished.

My late uncle was a soldier of Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade and fought in Tobruk, from August 18th 1941 till end of The Siege, alongside Australian comrades in arms. Respect from Poland!

2:58 "Germany lost everything" - just be aware that Prussia / Germany, dominated by Prussia, unlished wars with: - Denmark in 1848-52 and 1864 - Austria 1866 - France 1870-71 - France and Russia and Allies 1914-18 So unlishing total war in 1939 with Poland was not an accidental crime but German multiple relapse into crime.

Australia did not declare war in 1939. We were regarded, by Menzies and others, as not legally entitled to do so. Hence his words "...Fellow Australians, It is my melancholy duty to inform you officially that in consequence of a persistence by Germany in her invasion of Poland, Great Britain has declared war upon her and that, as a result, Australia is also at war...." it was not until the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 was proclaimed that Australia could independently declare war on another country. The first official one was to declare war on Bulgaria in January 1942 No resistance for the push into Libya (Operation Compass) ! Tell that to the 500 killed,1,373 wounded and 55 missing personnel from the British Commonwealth and Empire. Why the picture of HMS Barham (sunk 25NOV1941). Spectacular but has no bearing on the events at Tobruk. Rommel was not unbeatable. His 7 Panzer Division almost panicked when attacked by British and French forces on 21MAY1940. It was a very close run thing.... 6pdr anti-tank guns in 1941! They had not yet entered production!! 2/13 Australian Infantry Battalion was there for the duration of the Siege. It was one of the units used to break out to relieving British Commonwealth units. (My uncle was captured on Crete having volunteered to stay with wounded who could not be evacuated. Father and remaining 3 uncles (and my mother) served as well)

Aussies, we are there to do a job, no mucking around, no complaining, get the job done, then relax and have a beer! Our Tobruk veterans were pulled out of Tobruk after successfully defending Tobruk from DAK and Rommel, then replaced with Brit soldiers, Rommel fighting the brits then succeeded in the battle for Tobruk. From a retired Aussie Armoured Corps soldier. BTW, there is a famous 1960s and 1970s Australian singer, Russell Morris. I knew him about 13 years ago, he told me his Dad was a Rat of Tobruk, served with the 2/27th Infantry Battalion. Russell had hit songs such as The Real Things, Wings of An Eagle, Rachel's Coming Home (which he told me was about a nurse in Vietnam and sick of what she was seeing), and Hello Mr America. All these songs are on UA-cam.

No mention of New Zealand as usual. Aussies cannot give over the Pavlova Affair.

My beautiful father (6th Division), participated here. He was originally a Polish Jew but a more patriotic Aussie, I never knew.

"shaping our nation today".. so they fought for the loss of British identity and a multicultural australia

My grandad was a rat, also pow on the Burmese railway. An English Sargent. Such a lovely guy

Australians were first to beat Japanese too

the German army did not get into the buildup area of Tobruk but were stopped in the out-defiance areas plus you miss out on the free polish army

The UK was the first to defeat Germany in a land battle in WW2 during the Norway campaign in 1940.

NZ also played a big role here

I am a keen historian of Australia ~ and it seems to me that far too often the British in the History of WWII and subsequent documentaries, of North Africa simply refuse to acknowledge that the Australians were instrumental in the FIRST land defeat of the Hitler's armies. ( Sure they were backed by the Brutish artillery units, the Indians and a swathe of lesser international units ~ but as suggested ~ Gen. Morsehead pushed the issue of an "offensive defense siege' ~ ) Even in the final El Alamein campaign/s Australians played a significant part. And while some US documentaries do mention Australians they still ay claim to the first Japanese defeat at Guadalcanal failing to acknowledge the Kokoda campaign ~ let alone the Milne Bay battle where the Japanese were truly dealt their first defeat ~ ( And on D Day ~ 1944~ one of Eisenhower's Adjunct commander's was quoted as saying~" Wish we had the Australian 9th with us today !" )

As we head towards ANZAC day I will offer this. Not to glorify war, nor to single out any one country for bravery but to highlight the seriousness of the situation for those involved and the sacrifice these people made. Take a moment to reflect on these orders....Special Orders to No 1 Section 13/3/18 (1) This position will be held, and the Section will remain here until relieved. (2) The enemy cannot be allowed to interfere with this programme. (3) If the Section cannot remain here alive, it will remain here dead, but in any case it will remain here. (4) Should any man through shell-shock or other cause attempt to surrender, he will remain here dead. (5) Should all guns be blown out, the Section will use Mills grenades and other novelties. (6) Finally, the position, as stated will be held. F.P. Bethune Lt O/c No 1 Section. www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1009615

Outstanding documentary. Thank you so much.

Mate, you need to make more videos.

At 9:05 Cpl Jack Edmonson from Campbelltown, NSW was involved in the first defeat of the Nazis' tank and infantry attack at Tobruk and was killed in the battle. the first defeat of their blitzkrieg tactics.

At 10:13 are those trench chimneys or air tubes ?

My great grandfather was a rat. I never had the honour of meeting him but I’m immensely proud.

My Scottish Great Uncle John Brown was a Marine.. he died 1942 age 24 ❤️

Thanks for highlighting the efforts of these Australian heroes and I think Dr Karl has a long way to go to get this history highlighted in our schools

I know you are older now, but 'well done young fella'' Thank you. Lest we Forget.

My Mothers Father was there. 'Thank you Papa'. At Kapooks, we were 15 Platoon, Bravo Company, Tobruk Platoon, 1RTB.

yes my uncle was there with the 2nd 28th battlion western australia 9th division and seen in the fox hole with his commrades could not believe i saw him well done he was MIA POW AND ESCAPEE WHEN CAPTURED DURING THE FALL OF TOBRUK

Australian troops also dealt the Japanese land forces their first defeat, at the battle of Milne Bay, August 1942.

Australians 😂😂😂

I've just stumbled across this video today and I am very glad I did. Your description says it's your first video and not Hollywood standards, but damn bro give yourself some credit. This is not only one of the best edited videos I've seen on youtube, but genuinely something I would watch as a professional documentary. I don't know what you're doing nowadays since this is a while ago obviously, and I'm doubtful you'll ever see this comment, but whatever it is just know you've got some serious talent. Massive respect to you, and best of luck in the future.

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE, OI OI OI.

thank you for sharing this story

It’s a shame that us Australians are such pussies now

How did fighting on that side work out for Australia and Europe?

not memtioned was the role of the scrap iron flotilla in the seige. They were 12 ww1 era destroyers given by the british to the RAN who took part in every major naval battle of the med. during the siege they were the brave souls who would race in to supply and pull injured out of tobruk, usually under luftwaffe attack. Their nickname was also a derogotary comment by the germans, but in their case it came to be true as due to shortages in materials they had to patch their ships up with what ever they could get their hands on, including italian guns lol. from a website on them On many occasions, Stuart, Waterhen, Vampire, Voyager and Vendetta, along with numerous Allied ships, made the journey from Alexandria and Mersa Matruh to Tobruk, laden with ammunition, medical supplies and food. They would race along the coastline wary of bombers, mines and enemy ships. When they reached their goal of Tobruk, the dangers did not cease, for the dangers that they encountered at sea were just as great in the harbour of Tobruk. While the ships docked at Tobruk, supplies were swiftly removed from the ships and replaced with wounded soldiers, before they refuelled and headed back to Alexandria.

I used to live next door to a Tobruk veteran. At the time I was in my late twenties and he was in his seventies. I lived next to him for two years and he hardly ever spoke to me. Days before I was due to move out of that house, I started talking to him over the fence as I was loading stuff into my car in the driveway. He suddenly out of nowhere started telling me about how he had been a rat of Tobruk and living underground in bunkers during the siege with bombs raining down overhead all the time. He said, it was a strange thing, living during the siege and not knowing if any given day would be your last day alive. He started telling me in detail about his experiences and how he had got his love of playing jazz music during the war. After that I moved out and never met him again but I often think about the way he suddenly opened up about those experiences. He died a few years later after that.

My great uncle "Tud" was a surviving Rat of Tobruk, came home, continued as a house painter, lived to a nice old age. Proud of his service and his brother who was a veteran of the Kokoda Trail. I hope our men and women never have to go to war, period, and never ever again, a war on that scale. It must have been unbearable for those away and those left behind to worry and mourn.

There was no such thing as Israel back then, but we all know Palestine was and always did exist

As an Australian I love telling Americans that we are better then them at every stage and I bring this up

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old, Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn, At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.

bruh you have me turning my volume up and down and up and down, though apart from that nice vid mate

I'm from libya... Germany > oversea mercenaries

Seeing how many people in these comments support war depresses me. My entire family were resistance fighters against hitler and mussolini and some were put into concentration camps. The ones who fought literally left europe and came to Australia to never be in another war again since it had happened twice. Yall need to read All Quiet On the Western Front.