Rats of Tobruk

Rats of Tobruk
«тобрукские крысы» (прозвище солдат союзных войск, защищавших Тобрук, Ливия, во время второй мировой войны под командованием австралийского генерал-майора Л. Дж. Морсхеда {L. J. Morshead}; в гарнизон входили 4 австралийские бригады, а также британские части; осада продолжалась 242 дня, 3009 австралийских солдат были убиты, 941 – взят в плен; прозвище взято из передачи немецкого радио, где защитники Тобрука были названы «крысами»; оно стало боевым кличем войск)

Australia and New Zealand. English-Russian dictionary of regional studies. 2014.

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  • Rats of Tobruk — /təˈbrʊk/ (say tuh brook) plural noun the name given to the Allied troops, including an Australian garrison and British and Polish units, which defended Tobruk, Libya, for seven months against the Italians and Germans in World War II. The Allied… …  

  • Rats of Tobruk Memorial, Canberra — The Rats of Tobruk Memorial is on ANZAC Parade, the principal ceremonial and memorial avenue of Canberra, Australia.The German siege of the Libyan Mediterranean Sea port town of Tobruk began on 10 April 1941. After desperate fighting, most of the …   Wikipedia

  • The Rats of Tobruk — was the name given to the soldiers of the garrison who held the Libyan port of Tobruk against the Afrika Corps, during the Siege of Tobruk in World War II. The siege started on 10 April 1941. Australian troops of the Australian 9th Division and… …   Wikipedia

  • The Rats of Tobruk — est un film de guerre australien de Charles Chauvel sorti en 1944. Il suit trois amis engagés dans l armée australienne durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Leur histoire est basée sur le siège de Tobrouk (en Libye) par Afrika Korps d Erwin Rommel… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • The Rats of Tobruk (1944 film) — Infobox Film | name = The Rats of Tobruk caption = director = Charles Chauvel producers = Charles Chauvel Charles Munro writer = Charles Chauvel Elsa Chauvel Maxwell Dunn starring = Grant Taylor Peter Finch Chips Rafferty music = Lindley Evans… …   Wikipedia

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  • Siege of Tobruk — Part of the Western Desert Campaign of World War II …   Wikipedia

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