9th Australian Division at Tobruk
Division · Australia · April 10, 1941 – October 25, 1941 · c. 16,000–18,000 strong
Australian division under Leslie Morshead that held Tobruk through the 1941 siege as the core of its garrison, the 'Rats of Tobruk'.
View on map Fought in Siege of Tobruk Wikipedia
Strength and losses
- Nominal Strength: c. 16,000–18,000
Movements
- February 6 – May 25, 1941 Operation Sonnenblume
- April 10, 1941 Siege of Tobruk Holds the Tobruk perimeter Map
- October 25, 1941 Relieved by sea Map