The Relief of Tobruk

black and white photograph of Lieutenant General Sir Alan Cunningham seated behind a desk with pen in hand

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black and white photograph of Lieutenant General Sir Alan Cunningham seated behind a desk with pen in hand

Lieutenant — General Sir Alan Cunningham, first commander of Eighth Army (after a successful campaign in East Africa). His brother was C-in-C, Mediterranean Fleet

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Title: The Relief of Tobruk

Author: Murphy, W. E.

Editor: Monty C. Fairbrother

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1961, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

This text is the subject of: ‘Something of Them Is Here Recorded’: Official History in New Zealand

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