Siege of Tobruk
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| Iri |
siege (en)  | |||
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| Bangare na |
North African campaign (en) | |||
| Kwanan watan | 10 ga Afirilu, – 27 Nuwamba, 1941 | |||
| Wuri |
Tobruk (en) | |||
| Ƙasa | Libya | |||
Wurin Tobruk da ke arewacin gabar tekun Libiya. Sifen Tobruk (/təˈbrʊk, toʊ-/) ya faru tsakanin 10 ga Afrilu da 27 ga Nuwamba 1941, a lokacin yaƙin neman zaɓe na Yamma (1940 – 1943) na Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu. Dakarun kawancen da suka kunshi galibin runduna ta 9 ta Australiya, karkashin jagorancin Laftanar-Janar Leslie Morshead, sun yi wa sojojin Jamus da Italiya kawanya a tashar ruwan Tobruk da ke arewacin Afirka. Masu karewa da sauri sun zama sanannun da berayen Tobruk. Bayan kwanaki 231, daga karshe sojojin Birtaniya na takwas suka samu sauki.
Bayan fage
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An yi yaƙin yaƙin neman zaɓe daga Mersa Matruh a Masar zuwa Gazala a Cyrenaica a gabar tekun Libiya, yanki mai nisan kilomita 390 (240 mi) a kan babbar hanyar gabar teku ta Libiya (Italiya: Via Balbia), hanya ɗaya tilo. Tekun yashi mai nisan mil 150 (kilomita 240) a cikin ƙasa ya nuna iyakar kudancin hamada, wanda shine mafi faɗinsa a Giarabub da Siwa; a harshen Burtaniya, Hamada ta Yamma ta zo ya hada da gabashin Cyrenaica a Libya. Tsawaita cikin ƙasa daga bakin tekun ya ta'allaka ne mai tsayi, fili mai faɗin hamada mai duwatsu, kusan ft 500 (150m) sama da matakin teku, tsawon mil 120-190 (kilomita 200-300) zuwa tekun yashi.[1] Kunama da maciji da kudaje sun mamaye yankin, wanda wasu tsirarun makiyaya ne ke zaune. Bedouin yana bin hanyoyin haɗin rijiyoyi da ƙasa mafi sauƙi; kewayawa ya kasance ta rana, tauraro, kamfas da "hankalin hamada", kyakkyawar fahimta game da yanayin da aka samu ta hanyar kwarewa. Lokacin da sojojin Italiya suka shiga cikin Masar a cikin Satumba 1940, ƙungiyar Maletti ta ɓace daga Sidi Omar kuma jirgin sama ya same shi.