Tobruk attacked

21st January 1941: Another Italian garrison on the Libyan coast is attacked by British forces presing west

Australian troops passing through a gap in the wire entanglements on their way to attack Tobruk.

In almost a repeat performance of the attack on Bardia the Australian 6th Division made a dawn assault on the Italian garrison at Tobruk on 21st January. The Italians appeared to believe their own propaganda, which was telling the Italian home audience that t…