The Australian Prime Minister Robert
Menzies addressed these men of the
1st Anti-Tank Company when he
visited the troops in Tobruk in
February 1941.

[AWM 005858]

In 1941 Australians fought in land and air campaigns in Egypt and Libya in North Africa. This brief section introduces the Australian action at Tobruk. More detail will be added to this section during 2005.

Bibliography

G Hermon Gill, Australia in the War of 1939-1945; Series Two, Navy, Vol 1- Royal Australian Navy 1939-1942r, Canberra, 1957.

John Herington, Australia in the war of 1939-1945: Series Three, Air, Vol III - Air war against Germany and Italy, 1939-1943, Canberra, 1962.

Gavin Long, Australia in the War of 1939-1945; Series One, Army, Vol I - To Benghazi, Canberra, 1952.

Barton Maughan, Australia in the war of 1939-1945: Series One, Army, Vol III - Tobruk and El Alamein, Adelaide, 1966.

Chester Wilmot, Tobruk, 1941: capture, siege, relief, Sydney, 1944.

Operation CLICK: Anzac to Kokoda

is a classroom resource which draws on and encourages the use of the following Veterans' Affairs websites:
• Australia’s War 1939–1945 – www.ww2australia.gov.au
• Visit Gallipoli – www.anzacsite.gov.au

You may download Work sheets - provided in PDF file format.

The resource book and CD-ROM package contains lessons that can be used in many contexts in History and Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE) classrooms. They were written by experienced history teachers with three aims in mind:

• to provide both beginning and experienced teachers with lessons using the two websites as core resources
• to invite teachers to explore more effective ways of encouraging their students to incorporate ICT skills into their classroom learning activities
• to provide exciting and original lessons that will encourage young Australians to learn more about Australia’s wartime heritage through the stories and images provided on the two websites.