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The Fall of Tobruk

Photo: Eighth Army British Machine Gunners, North Africa, date unknown. James Holland Collection. Believed to be in the public domain.

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Goalhanger

20 Jun, 2022

WW2 Pod We Have Ways

49 mins

Fighting Doctrine

North African Campaign

Leadership

1942

Indian Army

Allied Generals

In June 1942 the Libyan city of Tobruk fell to Rommel’s German troops leaving the Allied North African campaign in serious trouble. Eighty years on, Al and James look back on the conflict and explore the writings of Major-General Francis Tuker in his book Approach to Battle.

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James Holland

Historian, writer, and podcaster, specialises in World War II and hosts "We Have Ways" podcast.

Al Murray

Al Murray, comedian, writer, and historian, co-hosts the WWII podcast We Have Ways of Making You Talk and writes on

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