Little known fact.The army cooks of the 2/9th re built a ruined bakery in the town of Tobruk.This bakery was nicknamed “Aldershot” Thanks to the genius of these men they started baking 1000 loaves a day for the garrison.Think about what fresh bread must have meant to these besieged men.early on eve of the the first night of the German counter attack on the the port the bombing made every loaf that was “proving” or rising in its tin go flat.That night my father Sargent George Wallace was on duty with his men in the Palistrino section of the outer defences. He told me that when word came through of the ruined bread anger spread through the defensive front line like wildfire.I often wonder if that was the final incident that drove those brave men to fight like they did. My father said that he had seen his men sad,scared,exhausted and defiant but never,ever as angry as that night........We’ll never know. RIP Dad
FiL, 7th Div Supply Column, attached 2/9th Batt, 18th Bgde. Arrived (by road) the day before the Easter Battle, and took part in the Battle of the Salient. Seconded to the Carpathian Bgde when they arrived to relieve the 18th Bgde. Evacuated on HMS Abdiel in Oct 1941. Home to Australia, up to the Atherton Tableland, then to Milne Bay to give our peace loving japanese brothers a hiding. Malaria, back to OZ as overage (38) and to BOD Broadmeadows to see out the war. RIP Bob Boundy.
At Time Stamp, 22min And 24Sec, You actually see my Grandfather Corporal Kennth Charles Simkin also a CMC Which Stands for Civilian Military Contractor. Sitting on a, Tank Doing Map Stuff...
The outcome of a war is determined by any number of battles but amongst all those battles there are always pivotal points that change the momentum and direction of the rest of the war. Had they not happened the outcome could very well be different. Tobruk is one of those moments (amongst many). The allies forces lead by Australian commanders and troops held out for 7 months tying up one of Germany's most valuable resources.....General Rommel. Rommel was a master tactician and one of Germanies best soldiers. The time he needed to take Tobruk meant he was not utilised anywhere else in the European or African theatre. On top of this, the moral loss to having such a legendary General thwarted for 7 months was significant. Had the Australian forces not held Toburk for as long as they did then the face of the North African campaign would have been drastically different. Anyone that says Australia was a “minor” player in the WW2 needs to read history. WW2 was a combined effort of all the allies involved with most nations playing pivotal and vital roles and many points during the war. While the US, UK and Russia were the largest forces and deserve the lion share of credit, without countries Like Australia, New Zealand, Greece, India and Canada the war would have been lost.
Australia 🇦🇺 saved Tobruk in 1941 New Zealand 🇳🇿 saved the 8th Army at Mersah Matruk for its retreat to Alamein. Well, that’s NOT what junior partners do. Not forgetting Britain 🇬🇧 & Malta 🇲🇹 were saved in 1940 & in 1942 by a Neo-Zealander.
John Edmonson was a Wagga lad, not from Liverpool at all (his father might have been but John was definitely a Wagga boy). And the full quote from Morshead is, I believe: ''There will be no Dunkirk here. There will be no retreat and no surrender. If we have to get out we shall fight our way out.''
Australia’s returned serviceman’s league( RSL) sponsored any Polish soldier that had fought at Tobruk & wanted to migrate to Australia after the war. Many took up the offer as well as others who were part of the Free Polish Army.
@@dasboot5903 It's a very significant piece of Australian Military history .Being a Rat of Tobruk got you some serious respect here.They then came home to fight the Japanese & continued to serve with distinction & great bravery in the jungle of PNG,Borneo, Bouganville etc.
@@NELCARM Understandable ... Australia, even if was located far away from the major theater of the WW II, its military units played a very significant role and put so much contribution effort to win that bloody war, which completely ruined my home country ... POLAND !!!!
Many thanks for this primary source upload! Quality! My neighbour 32 years ago was a 'Rat of Tobruk' - not that he would ever admit any heroic deeds like a lot of servicemen of that era. Incredible. RIP Stan Walsh.
At least there is mention of Australian soldiers in this video, unlike the new guinea campaign where Australia did all of the fighting and the USA took credit for it
Honestly go watch most of the british documentaries on Europe you would think they won the war by themselves, the term “British forces” is used way to much, at least in the pacific the Americans were the bulk of the air and sea war, PNG for example the Japanese tried to go around , thus the battle of the Coral Sea.
*First of all Australians, then British, Indians, Polish and completely forgotten Czechoslovakian soldiers, they could be very pride of holding the city and port of Tobruk for so long, against the German Wehrmacht of the Rommel's Africa Korps !!!!* Amen.
In the first seige, 1941, it was the Australians and Indian troops on their own for the first 5 months. The Poles started coming in then and then the Poms etc
@@petercastles5978 That is TRUTH Peter !!!! First were Aussies & Indian troops, but they were so tired and on the edge, because of so long fighting without any particular replacements !!!!
@@petercastles5978 Actually that is incorrect. My father served with the 51st (City of London-The "Top Hats") HAA Regiment and was part of the heavily bombed Harbour Defence ack ack units. Their defence sgainst air attack was so successful it led to a personal thank you from MajorGeneral Morshead (Ming the Merciless).
@@petercastles5978 There were 25000 defenders at the 1941 Tobruk seige, 14000 from the excellent 9th Aussie division, the rest were mainly British artillery and tank brigades, and the truth is that without each other Tobruk would have been taken. The Aus PM wanted the Aust 9th Division out of there and they left by the end of August and were replaced by British 70th Division as well as Indian, Poles, Czechs. They broke out in November with new American tanks that at last could match the Panzers, and the 70th British Infantry and 44th tank Brigade broke through and joined the New Zealand divisions. So the siege was relieved by the end of November. Unfortunately the defence was weakened over several months and the effective land-mine system cleared as the British broke out several months earlier. Tobruk was only defended by inexperienced South Africans and Brits at the time but it was still a big blow.
@@careersadviser. Yes the Poms were in Tobruk right from the start, but not in Infantry roles. It was Australian infantry up front, and the 18th Dismounted Cavalry that took the brunt of the German advance. The brunt was against the best tanks , planes, and artillery, in the world, yet Erwin Rommel was not able to roll the front line. The Poles came in after 5 months, replacing the 18th Aust. Brigade, then the majority of Aussies were gone at 7 months, leaving the 2/13 th Btn( Australian) to see out the siege. The Australians were green troops too, against an army that had swept all before it in Europe. If the front line isn't held, you got nothing!
Blamey while having many bad points did have his few good moments, At one point turning down a US division and letting a tired under manned and under equipped Aussie brigade take the battle and win it after Mac criticized the Diggers
It was actually Harry Houdini who taught the Germans how to fly compliments of the Americans who sold all the military equipment to Germany to start this and then sold to the allies
Col cazzo, 4 italiani e 2 cannoni vi hanno rotto il c...o! Il vs pseudo impero si è dovuto unire se no erano dolori ( canadesi indiani australiani neozelandesi e altre accozzaglia )! Translate: few italian force poor armed have break your has !
There were also Palestinian Jews there. HMRTC. His majestety’s Royal Transport Corp. they were not trained to fight but they did anyway. Later in 1942 when Rommel came back Tobruk fell. The British abandoned the Australians to their fate. The men in HMRTC went in and saved the Australian army. The official British history skips that fact. Read Wesley Aaron. Wheels In The Storm
Mate, the Aussies were in the first seige of Tobruk, 1941, lasting 242 days. Rommel could make no headway against them. They were then moved to Palestine for rest and reinforcing, etc. When Tobruk fell in the second seige in 1942 the Australian 9th Division was hundreds of miles away, . The South Africans were in Tobruk at this time. 33,000 men and supplies. After Mr Rommel overan Tobruk in 1942, and headed for the Suez canal, the battle for El Alamein loomed on the horizon. The 9th Div was brought into the fray in the middle of '42, and helped in no small way to steady the line. When the big battle for Alamein was on, Montgomery used the Australian 9th Division to draw the Germans into their sector , because they were so dangerous. Rommel, fearing a breakout, concentrated his Africa Korps on them, as Monty had envisioned. The 9th paid a huge price at Alamein. The Australians were only 5% of the fighting force, but suffered 10% of the casualties. They achieved all their objectives. You mention the HMRTC? I would like to know all about it, as it is news to me, where you say they went in and saved the Australian Army. Non trained combatants saving the 9th Div? You are lucky that most of those men are dead or over 100 years old. Are you talking about the ill-fated Greece and Crete campaigns? Mr Churchill was very naughty sending the Anzacs into that campaign. The Kiwis and Australian 6th Div., had no chance, but they still gave the Germans a bloody nose. My father was an original member of the 9th Division, I have read the battalion book, etc etc, as well as listening to any scraps that the Dad would occasionally give out. Definately , the Australians were never "saved " from Tobruk.
In Two World Wars .We defended others that had been invaded ,enslaved and exterminated.Fighting and dying to free them. Now in 2023 Australia and the Australians are no more . Betrayed and exterminated by ?.
@@TDXAV you can always know a 'blowin'...you foreigners need to understand it is not called Australia anymore . It is called a foreign dominated Mc OzzieMuck Dunny .Overflowing with third World poo...
It took a lot of good men from a lot of countries to be and do just what they did for all of us to win. The usa was stretched to capacity in multiple theaters. Fighting thru the islands half way round the world, and in europe was a very tall order.
the italians were good fighters, they just didnt want to fight for the germans, italians hate Mussulini... the tore his body apart and hung him from the city walls after he died
True, i spoke to an Italian who surrendered at Bardia..I asked. "Why so quickly?"..Answer.."Would you have fought and died for people like Mussolini and Hitler?..No!..And neither would we!" I believed him! Maybe the Italians were the only smart ones there in WW2!
Don't know were it was but Australia army was surrounded in big fort by enemy and opposing COs had parlay were axis co said to British co your surrounded and got no chance Surrender. When the British co said to the other You must be fuckin joking I'm in charge of 200 Australians if I was to go back to them and even suggest such a thing they would cut my Throat in 2 seconds flat.
It was the battle at Elands River, Boer war , July 1899. "A" Squadron, NSW Citizens Bushmen, and Rhodesians(200 in all). They had been posted at a crossing on the Eland's River to keep it open. It was Colonel Hore that had been asked to surrender. He sent back a note saying that even if he wanted to surrender, which he did not, he was in command of Colonials who would cut his throat if he did. A Boer historian said after the war, among other things, "Our men admitted that the Australians were formidable opponents and far more dangerous than any British troops".
Roughly right. This was during the Boer War , and the place was Elands River. Check it out if you can. The Boers found that the Australians were the only troops that they couldn't handle. They wrote that the Australians were formidable troops, far more dangerous than any English soldier!
The people of eastern Libya loved and respected the British very much until the tyrant Gaddafi came from western Libya and obliterated everything... Why did Britain abandon eastern Libya?
When I lived in Italy back in the 90's I found two old men who had fought in North Africa. The Australians had a very bad name thanks to their habit of not taking prisoners. Regards
Lazarus0357 it wasn't only Aussies who did that... I think all soldiers whether they were Allied or Axis forces who fought in the second world war, are guilty to some degree of not taking prisoners. I mean it's a bloody war not a game of tiddlywinks!!!
Judith Thousands of Italians captured in North Africa were shipped to Australia where they lived in way better conditions than Allied prisoners of the Germans let alone the horrors of being a Japanese POW. There were POW camps at Yanco ,Tamworth & Nurmerkah . Many Italian POWs came back to Australia ASAP after WW2 & prospered.
@das wright I have read some articles about the Maori battalion. It would be nice if there was a story on them here.I do note there were Kiwis in the units that launched the surprise attacks on German airfields in North Africa after travelling huge distances in jeeps.Forerunner of the SAS..
Tobruk fell to the Germans in the second siege , in 1942. Australians had held it in first siege in1941, and were then sent for rest in Palestine. The 9th Australian Div. were very angry that Tobruk had been lost. One of the reasons they hurt Mr. Rommel so badly when called back into the line at El Alamein.
Essentially a ww2 propaganda documentary. Nothing is said of the fall of Tobruk, when the British and uk forces surrendered it to Rommel in 1942. Essentially a one sided presentation.
The documentary is about the Australian 9th Division garrison between April and October 1941. Rommel threw everything at the Australians and got nothing. A one sided presentation?
There seems to be a lot of anti-British nonsense here. Some Aussies seem to forget there were 25,000 defending Tobruk and only 14000 were Aussies. Without the armoured divisions and artillery and the minefield, the Germans would have overrun Tobruk. By late August the Aussies had been withdrawn and their replacements the British 70th Division along with Poles and Czechs and South Africans broke the siege by attacking the Axis forces outside Tobruk, meeting up with the excellent New Zealanders. Unfortunately by June the following year the defences were much weaker and crack Allied troops located elsewhere, and also critically most of the minefield had been cleared when the British broke out and not reinstated. Only inexperienced South African troops remained when it fell.
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Little known fact.The army cooks of the 2/9th re built a ruined bakery in the town of Tobruk.This bakery was nicknamed “Aldershot” Thanks to the genius of these men they started baking 1000 loaves a day for the garrison.Think about what fresh bread must have meant to these besieged men.early on eve of the the first night of the German counter attack on the the port the bombing made every loaf that was “proving” or rising in its tin go flat.That night my father Sargent George Wallace was on duty with his men in the Palistrino section of the outer defences. He told me that when word came through of the ruined bread anger spread through the defensive front line like wildfire.I often wonder if that was the final incident that drove those brave men to fight like they did. My father said that he had seen his men sad,scared,exhausted and defiant but never,ever as angry as that night........We’ll never know. RIP Dad
2/9th
FiL, 7th Div Supply Column, attached 2/9th Batt, 18th Bgde. Arrived (by road) the day before the Easter Battle, and took part in the Battle of the Salient.
Seconded to the Carpathian Bgde when they arrived to relieve the 18th Bgde.
Evacuated on HMS Abdiel in Oct 1941.
Home to Australia, up to the Atherton Tableland, then to Milne Bay to give our peace loving japanese brothers a hiding. Malaria, back to OZ as overage (38) and to BOD Broadmeadows to see out the war.
RIP Bob Boundy.
Magic Mate, two of my uncles were there, they said one of the worst things was the sand,it was in everything!. 2/09/2024
@@briannorton6004 yes cobba
In the food in the guns and in every place it shouldn’t be….
At Time Stamp, 22min And 24Sec, You actually see my Grandfather Corporal Kennth Charles Simkin also a CMC Which Stands for Civilian Military Contractor. Sitting on a, Tank Doing Map Stuff...
The outcome of a war is determined by any number of battles but amongst all those battles there are always pivotal points that change the momentum and direction of the rest of the war.
Had they not happened the outcome could very well be different.
Tobruk is one of those moments (amongst many).
The allies forces lead by Australian commanders and troops held out for 7 months tying up one of Germany's most valuable resources.....General Rommel.
Rommel was a master tactician and one of Germanies best soldiers.
The time he needed to take Tobruk meant he was not utilised anywhere else in the European or African theatre.
On top of this, the moral loss to having such a legendary General thwarted for 7 months was significant.
Had the Australian forces not held Toburk for as long as they did then the face of the North African campaign would have been drastically different.
Anyone that says Australia was a “minor” player in the WW2 needs to read history. WW2 was a combined effort of all the allies involved with most nations playing pivotal and vital roles and many points during the war. While the US, UK and Russia were the largest forces and deserve the lion share of credit, without countries Like Australia, New Zealand, Greece, India and Canada the war would have been lost.
Australia 🇦🇺 saved Tobruk in 1941
New Zealand 🇳🇿 saved the 8th Army at Mersah Matruk for its retreat to Alamein.
Well, that’s NOT what junior partners do.
Not forgetting Britain 🇬🇧 & Malta 🇲🇹
were saved in 1940 & in 1942 by a Neo-Zealander.
John Edmonson was a Wagga lad, not from Liverpool at all (his father might have been but John was definitely a Wagga boy). And the full quote from Morshead is, I believe: ''There will be no Dunkirk here. There will be no retreat and no surrender. If we have to get out we shall fight our way out.''
Australia’s returned serviceman’s league( RSL) sponsored any Polish soldier that had fought at Tobruk & wanted to migrate to Australia after the war. Many took up the offer as well as others who were part of the Free Polish Army.
*Aussies - Indians - Poles & Czechoslovakians - British .... they were fighting side by side to hold Tobruk at any cost !!!! Thanks, all of you !!!!*
@@dasboot5903 It's a very significant piece of Australian Military history .Being a Rat of Tobruk got you some serious respect here.They then came home to fight the Japanese & continued to serve with distinction & great bravery in the jungle of PNG,Borneo, Bouganville etc.
@@NELCARM Understandable ... Australia, even if was located far away from the major theater of the WW II, its military units played a very significant role and put so much contribution effort to win that bloody war, which completely ruined my home country ... POLAND !!!!
Many thanks for this primary source upload! Quality! My neighbour 32 years ago was a 'Rat of Tobruk' - not that he would ever admit any heroic deeds like a lot of servicemen of that era. Incredible. RIP Stan Walsh.
At least there is mention of Australian soldiers in this video, unlike the new guinea campaign where Australia did all of the fighting and the USA took credit for it
+papa Franku or so all documentaries tell me
+Ryan B I would say the Gurkhas were tougher
likesmilitaryhistory Alan Moore nope
Honestly go watch most of the british documentaries on Europe you would think they won the war by themselves, the term “British forces” is used way to much, at least in the pacific the Americans were the bulk of the air and sea war, PNG for example the Japanese tried to go around , thus the battle of the Coral Sea.
Joseph Gobin The Aussies did well to hold on until the Kiwis rescued them (whilst capturing the first German general along the way to boot).
Outstanding.
Thanks for posting. A very underrated part of Australian war history.
Watching from Auckland.
Lest We Forget.
Forget what?
@@bonnypop5764 idiot
*First of all Australians, then British, Indians, Polish and completely forgotten Czechoslovakian soldiers, they could be very pride of holding the city and port of Tobruk for so long, against the German Wehrmacht of the Rommel's Africa Korps !!!!*
Amen.
In the first seige, 1941, it was the Australians and Indian troops on their own for the first 5 months. The Poles started coming in then and then the Poms etc
@@petercastles5978 That is TRUTH Peter !!!! First were Aussies & Indian troops, but they were so tired and on the edge, because of so long fighting without any particular replacements !!!!
@@petercastles5978 Actually that is incorrect. My father served with the 51st (City of London-The "Top Hats") HAA Regiment and was part of the heavily bombed Harbour Defence ack ack units. Their defence sgainst air attack was so successful it led to a personal thank you from MajorGeneral Morshead (Ming the Merciless).
@@petercastles5978 There were 25000 defenders at the 1941 Tobruk seige, 14000 from the excellent 9th Aussie division, the rest were mainly British artillery and tank brigades, and the truth is that without each other Tobruk would have been taken. The Aus PM wanted the Aust 9th Division out of there and they left by the end of August and were replaced by British 70th Division as well as Indian, Poles, Czechs. They broke out in November with new American tanks that at last could match the Panzers, and the 70th British Infantry and 44th tank Brigade broke through and joined the New Zealand divisions. So the siege was relieved by the end of November. Unfortunately the defence was weakened over several months and the effective land-mine system cleared as the British broke out several months earlier. Tobruk was only defended by inexperienced South Africans and Brits at the time but it was still a big blow.
@@careersadviser. Yes the Poms were in Tobruk right from the start, but not in Infantry roles. It was Australian infantry up front, and the 18th Dismounted Cavalry that took the brunt of the German advance. The brunt was against the best tanks , planes, and artillery, in the world, yet Erwin Rommel was not able to roll the front line. The Poles came in after 5 months, replacing the 18th Aust. Brigade, then the majority of Aussies were gone at 7 months, leaving the 2/13 th Btn( Australian) to see out the siege. The Australians were green troops too, against an army that had swept all before it in Europe. If the front line isn't held, you got nothing!
My grandfather was a rat of Tobruk. Would be amazing to point him out, if he happened to ever appear on film.
mine too I hope yours survived the war like mine (he was in the 22/2 division)
Same here cobber. My Mothers Father. Dick Cooley.
Same here, British though.
Lest We Forget
Good on ya Diggers. Salute from the USA!! You did all you could with what you had.
Than s mate...and where the fuck were you ?
helped me with my school work alot
I served in the British army in the mid-1960s in Benghazi and travelled the coastal road to Tobruk & El Adam frequently - what a country.
Blamey while having many bad points did have his few good moments, At one point turning down a US division and letting a tired under manned and under equipped Aussie brigade take the battle and win it after Mac criticized the Diggers
I love how the Scrap Iron Flotilla were able to supply the rats
It was actually Harry Houdini who taught the Germans how to fly compliments of the Americans who sold all the military equipment to Germany to start this and then sold to the allies
Four young men from Kedron RSL club
War clouds were gathering in Europe that year
The world stood transfixed and paralyzed with fear
Armies marching to Poland El-Alamein and Tobruk
As four young men went swimming in the Kedron Brook
Innocent cries of laughter rang out on that summer’s day
But a thief was coming to steal their joy and youth away
Soon to don their uniforms with passion and with pride
Four young mates from Kedron to stem that evil tide
They cursed that drill sergeant underneath their breath
But this veteran of Gallipoli he had cheated death
But he loved them like a father can only love a son
Having fought in many’s the battle and seen what war had done
Chorus
So, when you walk in our door, we’ll greet you with a smile
You’ll see we’re more than just a club when you step inside?
We are a shrine to the fallen from Flanders to Tobruk
To the four young men swimming in the Kedron Brook
One would fall in El-Alamein another in Tobruk
As the summer rains raced and ran in the Kedron Brook
The battles raged to and fro with thunder screams and cries
With the Kiwis and Indians they were fighting for their lives
As they held their wounded comrades, they learned how to cry
Carry messages to loved one’s and to say goodbye
Far from their friends and family, innocence torn away
That was lost forever on the day they marched away
Chorus
So, when you walk in our door, we’ll greet you with a smile
You’ll see we’re more than just a club when you step inside?
We are a shrine to the fallen from Flanders to Tobruk
To the four young men swimming in the Kedron Brook
So let’s pause for a moment so we can clear our minds
To the memory of our boys who have fought and died
In the name of peace and liberty let’s bow our heads and pray
And be grateful for this moment we share here today
Robbie Dunn © 22/102012
C/O Irish entertainment Brisbane Australia APRA member
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Germany vs World.Germany wins. Germany vs Australia. Australia wins
Col cazzo, 4 italiani e 2 cannoni vi hanno rotto il c...o! Il vs pseudo impero si è dovuto unire se no erano dolori ( canadesi indiani australiani neozelandesi e altre accozzaglia )! Translate: few italian force poor armed have break your has !
@@andreata3781 < Imposibille ... amico Italiano :o)
Actually America won because they're made all the money out of selling military equipment to both sides
There were also Palestinian Jews there. HMRTC. His majestety’s Royal Transport Corp. they were not trained to fight but they did anyway. Later in 1942 when Rommel came back Tobruk fell. The British abandoned the Australians to their fate. The men in HMRTC went in and saved the Australian army. The official British history skips that fact. Read Wesley Aaron. Wheels In The Storm
Mate, the Aussies were in the first seige of Tobruk, 1941, lasting 242 days. Rommel could make no headway against them. They were then moved to Palestine for rest and reinforcing, etc. When Tobruk fell in the second seige in 1942 the Australian 9th Division was hundreds of miles away, . The South Africans were in Tobruk at this time. 33,000 men and supplies. After Mr Rommel overan Tobruk in 1942, and headed for the Suez canal, the battle for El Alamein loomed on the horizon. The 9th Div was brought into the fray in the middle of '42, and helped in no small way to steady the line. When the big battle for Alamein was on, Montgomery used the Australian 9th Division to draw the Germans into their sector , because they were so dangerous. Rommel, fearing a breakout, concentrated his Africa Korps on them, as Monty had envisioned. The 9th paid a huge price at Alamein. The Australians were only 5% of the fighting force, but suffered 10% of the casualties. They achieved all their objectives. You mention the HMRTC? I would like to know all about it, as it is news to me, where you say they went in and saved the Australian Army. Non trained combatants saving the 9th Div? You are lucky that most of those men are dead or over 100 years old. Are you talking about the ill-fated Greece and Crete campaigns? Mr Churchill was very naughty sending the Anzacs into that campaign. The Kiwis and Australian 6th Div., had no chance, but they still gave the Germans a bloody nose. My father was an original member of the 9th Division, I have read the battalion book, etc etc, as well as listening to any scraps that the Dad would occasionally give out. Definately , the Australians were never "saved " from Tobruk.
In Two World Wars .We defended others that had been invaded ,enslaved and exterminated.Fighting and dying to free them. Now in 2023 Australia and the Australians are no more . Betrayed and exterminated by ?.
I just checked outside my window... Australia is still there.
@@TDXAV you can always know a 'blowin'...you foreigners need to understand it is not called Australia anymore . It is called a foreign dominated Mc OzzieMuck Dunny .Overflowing with third World poo...
It took a lot of good men from a lot of countries to be and do just what they did for all of us to win. The usa was stretched to capacity in multiple theaters. Fighting thru the islands half way round the world, and in europe was a very tall order.
The Americans didn’t have good soldiers they just had technology
does anybody know where to watch the whole series because it was taken down from youtube
Lov ed this, thank you.
I had the privilege of living in tobruk from 67-70, aged 10-13.
70 was when the govt threw all us white boy foreigners out.
Tobruk will be defended to the last man!
Australians: remain at Tobruk !
Winston Churchill
Luckily we got hold of and broke the enigma code machine. Cutting the supply lines of the Germans was a priority.
the italians were good fighters, they just didnt want to fight for the germans, italians hate Mussulini... the tore his body apart and hung him from the city walls after he died
True, i spoke to an Italian who surrendered at Bardia..I asked. "Why so quickly?"..Answer.."Would you have fought and died for people like Mussolini and Hitler?..No!..And neither would we!" I believed him! Maybe the Italians were the only smart ones there in WW2!
Italiens good fighers
Dont let me laugh 😂🤣😅😆🙄🤪😎
Italiens are good fighters
Dont let me laugh
😁😂🤣😅😆😎
carmine paola
Shut up Aussies destroyed the Nazi troops
Not sure about the city walls, I thought he was strung up at a servo
El Duda Ridge! The narrator seems to be saying "Ed Duda." Am I wrong?
@@IntrospectorGeneral, Thanks for the clarification.
Too much non-Tobruk footage pieced together to fit the commentary......or vice versa.
Don't know were it was but Australia army was surrounded in big fort by enemy and opposing COs had parlay were axis co said to British co your surrounded and got no chance Surrender. When the British co said to the other You must be fuckin joking I'm in charge of 200 Australians if I was to go back to them and even suggest such a thing they would cut my Throat in 2 seconds flat.
It was the battle at Elands River, Boer war , July 1899. "A" Squadron, NSW Citizens Bushmen, and Rhodesians(200 in all). They had been posted at a crossing on the Eland's River to keep it open. It was Colonel Hore that had been asked to surrender. He sent back a note saying that even if he wanted to surrender, which he did not, he was in command of Colonials who would cut his throat if he did. A Boer historian said after the war, among other things, "Our men admitted that the Australians were formidable opponents and far more dangerous than any British troops".
Roughly right. This was during the Boer War , and the place was Elands River. Check it out if you can. The Boers found that the Australians were the only troops that they couldn't handle. They wrote that the Australians were formidable troops, far more dangerous than any English soldier!
Damn, some bubble gum, matches and a couple of coathangers and ya'll had a little kick ass crew. You did a hellofva lot with a hellofva little.
Australia AND.. New Zealand
The people of eastern Libya loved and respected the British very much until the tyrant Gaddafi came from western Libya and obliterated everything... Why did Britain abandon eastern Libya?
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When I lived in Italy back in the 90's I found two old men who had fought in North Africa. The Australians had a very bad name thanks to their habit of not taking prisoners. Regards
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Lazarus0357 it wasn't only Aussies who did that... I think all soldiers whether they were Allied or Axis forces who fought in the second world war, are guilty to some degree of not taking prisoners. I mean it's a bloody war not a game of tiddlywinks!!!
They barely had enough resources to take care of themselves. You think they want to give some of that away to prisoners who were trying to kill them?
Judith Thousands of Italians captured in North Africa were shipped to Australia where they lived in way better conditions than Allied prisoners of the Germans let alone the horrors of being a Japanese POW. There were POW camps at Yanco ,Tamworth & Nurmerkah . Many Italian POWs came back to Australia ASAP after WW2 & prospered.
@das wright I have read some articles about the Maori battalion. It would be nice if there was a story on them here.I do note there were Kiwis in the units that launched the surprise attacks on German airfields in North Africa after travelling huge distances in jeeps.Forerunner of the SAS..
Tell the whole truth...6 months later Tobruk fell.
Aussies weren't there when it did fall.
@@joelprice7086 well only one remained plus technically they broke out
Tell the whole truth the British were there then.
Tobruk fell to the Germans in the second siege , in 1942. Australians had held it in first siege in1941, and were then sent for rest in Palestine. The 9th Australian Div. were very angry that Tobruk had been lost. One of the reasons they hurt Mr. Rommel so badly when called back into the line at El Alamein.
@@hodaka1000 It was chiefly inexperienced South Africans left to defend it
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What "propaganda" are you referring to, the bit where the axis lost and the allies won?
Essentially a ww2 propaganda documentary. Nothing is said of the fall of Tobruk, when the British and uk forces surrendered it to Rommel in 1942. Essentially a one sided presentation.
The documentary is about the Australian 9th Division garrison between April and October 1941. Rommel threw everything at the Australians and got nothing. A one sided presentation?
There seems to be a lot of anti-British nonsense here. Some Aussies seem to forget there were 25,000 defending Tobruk and only 14000 were Aussies. Without the armoured divisions and artillery and the minefield, the Germans would have overrun Tobruk. By late August the Aussies had been withdrawn and their replacements the British 70th Division along with Poles and Czechs and South Africans broke the siege by attacking the Axis forces outside Tobruk, meeting up with the excellent New Zealanders. Unfortunately by June the following year the defences were much weaker and crack Allied troops located elsewhere, and also critically most of the minefield had been cleared when the British broke out and not reinstated. Only inexperienced South African troops remained when it fell.
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