The Siege of Tobruk 🇦🇺⚔️🇩🇪🇮🇹 (1941) was one of the key battles of the North African Campaign during World War II. The port city of Tobruk in Libya was defended by British and Australian forces against German and Italian troops led by General Erwin Rommel 🇩🇪🎖. The siege began in April 1941 after the rapid advance of the German Afrika Korps. The Allied garrison was surrounded but held out for nearly eight months. Despite constant attacks, artillery bombardments, and air raids, the defende