Tobruk - the siege goes on
24th June 1941: Surrounded by the Afrika Korps, now invited to surrender
The attempt by Operation Battleaxe to break through to Tobruk had failed. Those remaining within the besieged fortress knew they faced a long hot summer in the Libyan desert. Stephen Dawson was one of them:
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