托布魯克圍城戰

托布魯克圍城戰
第二次世界大戰北非戰場中的西部沙漠戰場的一部分
澳大利亞軍隊據守托布魯克前線陣地
日期： 1941年4月10日 – 11月27日 地点： 利比亞托布魯克 結果： 盟軍決定性勝利
參戰方
澳大利亚 捷克斯洛伐克 波蘭 英國	德國 義大利王國
指揮官和领导者
萊歇爾‧默斯里 (至1941年9月) 羅蘭‧史考比 (從1941年9月接任)	隆美爾
兵力
27,000人	35,000人?
伤亡与损失
3,000人以上戰死或受傷 941人被俘虜	8,000人

西部沙漠戰場

1941年，在托布魯克離船的波蘭喀以巴阡獨立狙擊旅

托布魯克圍城戰是一場二次大戰中在北非西部沙漠戰場的漫長的圍城，由軸心國的軍隊包圍盟軍在托布魯克的部隊。圍城開始於1941年4月10日，從托布魯克開始遭到了義德聯軍的中將埃爾溫·隆美爾帶領攻擊下，一路持續了240天，直到危機被第八軍的十字軍行動才解除了被圍的危機。

參見

• 北非戰場
• 二次大戰戰事列表
• 約翰‧艾德蒙生 — 圍城期間的维多利亚十字勋章获得者
• 托布魯克之鼠

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延伸閱讀

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外部連結

• Polish Carpathian Brigade in the defence of Tobruk
• The Italian 32nd Combat Sappers Battalion
• The Bersaglieri in North Africa (2003)
• The Italian War Effort in 1941
• The Characteristic of Tobruk defence in 1941
• BBC - WW2 People's War - Siege of Tobruk
• Australian War Memorial - Siege of Tobruk
• Siege of Tobruk