What is Siege of Tobruk?
{{Infobox military conflict |battle = Siege of Tobruk |partof = the [[North African Campaign]] of [[World War II]] |image = AustraliansAtTobruk.jpg |caption = Australian troops occupy a front line position at Tobruk |date = 10 April&nbsp;– 27 November 1941 |place = [[Tobruk]], [[Italian Libya|Libya]] |result = Allied victory<ref>{{cite book|first=Thomas L.|last=Jentz|title=Tank Combat In North Africa: The Opening Rounds, Operations Sonnenblume, Brevity, Skorpion and Battleaxe, February 1941 – June 1941|publisher=Schiffer Publishing Ltd|year=1998|page=128|isbn=0-7643-0226-4}}</ref> |combatant1 = {{flag|Australia}}<br/>{{flag|United Kingdom}} *{{flagdeco|British Raj|Viceroy}} [[British Raj|British India]] {{flagcountry|Polish government-in-exile}}<br/>{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Czechoslovak government-in-exile|Czechoslovakia]] |combatant2 = {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]<br/>{{flagcountry|Fascist Italy}} |commander1 = {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Leslie Morshead]] (to Sept 1941)<br/>{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Ronald Scobie]] (from Sept 1941) |commander2 = {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Erwin Rommel]] |strength1 = 27,000<ref>{{cite book|first=Peter|last=Fitzsimons|title=Tobruk|url=https://archive.org/details/tobruk0000fitz|location=Sydney| publisher=Harper Collins|year=2006|page=[https://archive.org/details/tobruk0000fitz/page/250 250]|isbn=0-7322-7645-4}}</ref> |strength2 = 35,000 |casualties1 =At least 3,836 deaths |casualties2 =12,296<br>At least 74–150 aircraft destroyed |campaignbox = }} '''The Siege of Tobruk''' was a [[battle]] in [[Italian Libya|Libya]] during the [[North African Campaign]] of [[World War II]]. It lasted for 231 days. The battle was between [[Axis countries|Axis]] and [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] Forces. The battle started on 10 April 1941, when [[Tobruk]] was [[Siege|besieged]] by an [[Italy|Italian]] and [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] force commanded by Lieutenant General [[Erwin Rommel]]. The siege continued for 231 days up to 27 November 1941. On that date, the