The First Tobruk - PzC 11 El Alamein '42

Tobruk, 21th January 1941; The big objective of the general O'Connor once herself wide the Operation Compass was the port of Tobruk. The city and their facilities were crucial for having a deep-water port that it alowed to lighten the big charge of supplies that needed on XIII Corps of I exercise to expel to the exercise Italian not already of all Cirenaica but maybe of all Libya. The defenses of Tobruk were a copy of those of Bardia but with the problem of that the general Italian Manela that was in command of the stronghold not it alowed more that the half of troops that not has been capable of retaining Bardia . O'Connor order to the 6th Australian Division that as in Bardia prepared the assault to the city, the defenses consited in an exterior ring of about 30 Km and another interior supported by strongholds. This scenario simulates the first siege to this city of the north of Africa crucial for both bandos.note the Italians lack of air support mid January the British captured the airfield of El Adem and withdrew |their handful of airplanes to Maraua at more than 200 Kms of distance {size,medium}