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2 unusual facts about The Rats of Tobruk


Lindley Evans

Evans wrote some film scores for the developing movie industry: for Charles Chauvel's Uncivilised (1936), Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940) and The Rats of Tobruk (1944); and Ken G. Hall's Tall Timbers (1937).

The Rats of Tobruk

General Claude Auchinleck, who had replaced Wavell as C-in-C Middle East Command in Cairo, agreed in principle, but was not anxious to expedite the operation because a troop movement of this size would have to be made by fast warships during moonless periods of the month (because of the risk of air attacks to shipping) at a time when every resource needed to be concentrated on the planned Operation Crusader.



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