Description
Operation Sonnenblume (6 February – 25 May 1941), forced the Allies into a retreat to the Egyptian border. A garrison, consisting mostly of the 9th Australian Division (Lieutenant-General Leslie Morshead) remained at Tobruk, to deny the port to the Axis, while the WDF reorganised and prepared a counter-offensive. The Axis siege of Tobruk began on 10 April, when the port was attacked by a force under Generalleutnant Erwin Rommel and continued during three relief attempts, Operation Brevity (15–16 May), Operation Battleaxe (15–17 June) and Operation Crusader (18 November – 30 December). The occupation of Tobruk deprived the Axis of a supply port closer to the Egypt–Libya border than Benghazi, 560 mi (900 km) west of the Egyptian frontier, which was within the range of RAF bombers; Tripoli was 930 mi (1,500 km) to the west in Tripolitania.
Tobruk is the ultimate Mid-War starter set.
Contains:
- 1x A5 Rulebook
- 1x British Army
- 4x M3 Lee Tanks
- 3x M4 Sherman Tanks
- 5x M3 Stuart Tanks
- 1x Italian Army
- 5x M14/41 Tanks
- 5x Semovente Assault Guns
- 3x 88mmGuns
