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Episode Details: Morshead Holds Tobruk
Morshead Holds Tobruk
Series: Narrow Escapes of WWII
Season: Season 1
Episode Number: 9
Air Date:
Duration: 60 min
By Easter 1941, all that stands between Afrika Korps commander Erwin Rommel and Egypt's Suez Canal is Tobruk. Australia's Gen. Leslie Morshead and his defenders are ordered to hold the Libyan port for eight weeks while the defenses of Egypt can be strengthened. The "Rats of Tobruk" are convinced that if they fail, the war against Germany will be lost.