26 - Operation Agreement
The WW2 Podcast
Angus Wallace
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2016
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
We're in North Africa in this episode of the podcast.
The War in the desert was full of ups and downs for both Axis and Allies. In January 1941 Tobruk fell to the Allies. With the arrival of Rommel the Allies were forced back and Tobruk held out under siege for seven months, depriving the Axis of a vital supply port, before being relieved as the Allies once more swept forward. Only for it to fall in June 1942 to Rommel.
Though the British Army had expected to sacrifice Tobruk to the public at home it was a huge shock. The war had not been going well, not helped with entry of the Japanese and the fall of Singapore.
It was now Churchill wanted action, he wanted good news to report to Parliament, the British people and their new Allies the USA who had entered the war.
Operation Agreement was a daring raid on Tobruk in September 1942. Taking part were the Long Range Desert Group, the SAS, the Special Interrogation Group, the Royal Navy, the RAF… Everyone was in the act…
I'm joined by John Sadler.
Johns book "Operation Agreement: Jewish Commandos and the raid on Tobruk" tells the story of the operation.
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| 1:05.0 | Hello and welcome to another World War II podcast. |
| 1:09.0 | I'm Angus Wallace. |
| 1:10.0 | We're in North Africa in this episode of the podcast. The war in the desert was full of |
| 1:15.2 | ups and downs for both axes and allies. In January 1941, |
| 1:19.7 | Tabruk fell to the Allies, with the arrival of Romel, the Allies were forced back and to |
| 1:24.9 | Brooke held out under siege for seven months, depriving the axis of a vital supply port, |
| 1:30.6 | before being relieved as the Allies once more swept forward, only for it to fall in June |
| 1:36.4 | 42 to Rommel. Though the British Army had expected to sacrifice to Brooke, to the public at home it was a huge shock. The war not been going well, not helped |
| 1:46.6 | with the entry of Japan into the war and the fall of Singapore. It was now Churchill wanted |
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