Table of Contents

Origins of the campaign/Opposing Commanders/Opposing Armies/Opposing Plans/Reconnaissance in France/Tobruk Besieged/The May Assault/Operation BREVITY/Operation BATTLEAXE/The Rats of Tobruk/Aftermath/Chronology/Bibliography/Index

About the Author

Jon Latimer lives in Swansea where he studied Oceanography, and after a varied career in environmental science is now a full-time writer. Jon also served for 17 years in the Territorial Army, including an attachment to the Australian Army Reserve. He has already written Campaign 73: Operation Compass 1940 for Osprey. He is also the author of The Art of Deception in War. Jim Laurier is a native of New Hampshire. He graduated with honours from the Paiers School of Art, Connecticut, in 1978 and has worked as a freelance illustrator ever since, completing assignments in a wide variety of fields. Jim has a keen interest in military subjects, both aviation and armour, and is a Fellow member of the American Society of Aviation Artists, the New York Society of Illustrators and the American Fighter Aces Association.