Modeling diorama - Tobruk Express

The diorama was made in 1:72 scale. The diorama had award at the 12th International Festival of Plastic Reduction Models Bytom 2015..

Tobruk is a city located on the Mediterranean Sea in northeastern Libya near the border with Egypt. During the Second World War, this port city of great strategic importance changed hands several times.

After a day of combat, on January 22, 1941, British troops defeated the Italian garrison defending Tobruk and captured the city.
The second battle for Tobruk was the longest. German and Italian troops were besieging the city from April 10 to November 27, 1941. The siege was commanded by the famous German general Erwin Rommel, who then failed to capture the fortress. In November, Tobruk defenders made a strike, after which Rommel had to retreat. During the eight months of fighting, the city was being defended by an international garrison consisting of Australians (changed by Poles in August), the British, Indians, Czechoslovakians and Libyans.
In January 1942, the German offensive in North Africa began, during which Rommel captured Tobruk on June 21 after just two days of fighting.
Following their defeat in the Second Battle of El Alamein, Germans and Italians left Tobruk in November 1942.

Map to the modeling diorama titled: Tobruk Express

Sources:

http://www.sww.w.szu.pl/index.php?id=bitwa_tobruk
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitwa_o_Tobruk
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalendarium_II_wojny_%C5%9Bwiatowej#Wojna_w_Afryce_P.C3.B3.C5.82nocnej

23 Nov 2017, update: 04 Dec 2018

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Photographer: Ender

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