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Tobruk and El Alamein (PDF). Australia in the War of 1939–1945, Series 1 – Army. Vol. III (1st (online scan) ed.). Canberra: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 186193977. McKinney, J. B. (1952). Medical Units of 2 NZEF in Middle East and Italy. The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945.
Eighth Army was being formed in the Western Desert to carry out an autumn offensive to relieve Tobruk and drive the Axis out of Cyrenaica: Operation Crusader. Its troops were reinforced and reorganised accordingly. [44] 51st (W&C) Field Rgt left 1st SA Bde on the frontier on 16 September and went back to the Nile Delta to link up with 4th SA ...
Operation Crusader (18 November – 30 December 1941) was a military operation of the Western Desert campaign during World War II by the British Eighth Army (with Commonwealth, Indian and Allied contingents) against the Axis forces (German and Italian) in North Africa commanded by Generalleutnant (Lieutenant-General) Erwin Rommel.
Two men—from units attached to the division—were awarded the Victoria Cross for their actions during Operation Crusader. Following the fighting at Tobruk, the division was withdrawn from the front and placed in reserve. When Japan entered the war, the division was transferred to India. It was considered the most experienced and best trained ...
On 15 September, as Eighth Army prepared for a renewed offensive in the winter to break through to Tobruk (Operation Crusader), 9th RB was assigned to 22nd Guards Bde, which was to be held in reserve for a dash across the desert. In the meantime the battalion guarded advanced supply dumps established west of the frontier wire and south of the ...
The Battle of Point 175 was a military engagement of the Western Desert Campaign that took place during Operation Crusader from 29 November to 1 December 1941, during the Second World War. Point 175 is a small rise just south of the Trigh Capuzzo, a desert track east of Sidi Rezegh and south of Zaafran.
Crusader: Designed by Frank Davis and David Isby, this game simulates Operation Crusader, an Allied offensive in November–December 1941 which led to the lifting of the first Siege of Tobruk. Three scenarios are included: two short scenarios of six turns, and one overall campaign scenario of 20 turns. [2]
A British Crusader tank abandoned at Bir el Gubi in the winter of 1941. British tank losses are somewhat debated; 2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars lost 30 tanks and 50 men (11 killed, 19 wounded and 20 missing), 4th County of London Yeomanry lost eight tanks and 26 men (4 killed and 22 missing) and 3rd County of London Yeomanry reported the ...