January 1941, Tobruk area, North Africa. A Bren carrier, going rather fast | The Front Line

April 1941 - The Rats make their mark As Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps drives through Libya, the 9th Australian Division falls back on the fortified port of Tobruk. Lieutenant General Leslie Morshead, commanding a garrison of some 14,000 Australians, plus British, Indian and Polish forces, pledges to hold at all costs and hobble Rommel’s move into Egypt. Through the blistering heat of the desert summer, until relieved in August and September, the garrison holds out against repeated artillery, tank