The Siege of Tobruk

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

Education, History

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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In 1941, in the midst of the North Africa Campaign, the British found themselves on the ropes. Under General Erwin Rommel's leadership, the German advance threatened Cairo and the Suez Canal. The one thing that was stopping the Germans was that the British still held the strategic port city of Tobruk in Libya. For over half a year, the Germans laid siege to the city, and the British tried to relieve it. Learn more about the Siege of Tobruk and its importance in the North Africa campaign on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed MasterClass Get up to 50% off at MASTERCLASS.COM/EVERYWHERE Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! ButcherBox New users that sign up for ButcherBox will receive 2 lbs of grass-fed ground beef in every box for the lifetime of their subscription + $20 off your first box when you use code daily at checkout! Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Ben Long & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 1941, in the midst of the North Africa campaign in the Second World War, the British found
0:05.2	themselves on the ropes. Under General Erwin Rommel's leadership, the German advance across
0:10.3	Libya threatened Cairo and the Suez Canal. The one thing that was stopping the Germans
0:15.2	was that the British still held the strategic port city of Tobruk in Libya. For over half a year, the Germans laid siege
0:22.5	to the city, and the British tried to relieve it. Learn more about the siege of Tobruk and its
0:27.8	importance in the North African campaign on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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1:52.8	In a previous episode, I covered the North African campaign of World War II at a rather high level. In this episode, I want to zoom in on one particular and important part of the North
1:58.2	African campaign, the Sie siege of Tobruk.
2:06.6	Tobruk is located along the Mediterranean coast of Libya. It's about 100 miles or 160 kilometers from the Egyptian border if you were to drive along the coast. Historically, it was
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