Still stuck, sweltering, in Tobruk

2nd July 1941: Besieged by the Germans in the Libyan desert, desperate thirst leads to a moonlit expedition to find a water hole

A patrol around the seaward perimeter of Tobruk.

Tobruk remained the focus of the struggle in North Africa. If Rommel could clear the obstacle, the way was clear for an assault on British Egypt - and the vital Suez Canal. The British attempt to relieve Tobruk in Operation Battleaxe had come to nothing, so now the Germans taunted the Australian troops who…