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BYF 41 X Tobruk.

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I liberated this one from the Aussies a few years ago.
 

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Liberate

I would like to liberate this rifle from your collection..:laugh: Nice untouched text book rifle. Thanks for posting:thumbsup:
 
Rook16

That's one impressive rifle! Great pics. Like to own 'em and preserve 'em like that one.
 
nice piece! whats the tobruk thing about?

Tobruk? Oh, just a small battle we Aussies (MAJORITY), Brits, Indians, Poles, Free French and a few Kiwis had with Mussolini's army, and handed Il Duce his a$$ on a plate. All part of Operation Compass. I think 25,000 Italians surrendered during Tobruk. It was mainly an Aussie battle though - hence the term Rats of Tobruk.

Happened in January 1941... 11 months before the USA made an appearance in that little war in the 1940's :)
 
I recall Rommel earned his Field Marshall rank at Tobruk also, Aussies were there then too... As for the United States involvement in WWII, FDR did everything he could, long before the US entered the war, to aid the British. Far more than the official "neutral" status proclaimed, just as under Wilson in WWI. Whereas Americans wanted armed neutrality (with unhindered commerce) FDR wanted to involve the country in the war.

Of course with a price, he squeezed the British Empire for all the gold and assets they had... there is a book about the economics behind US aid before and during the war (interesting that FDR didn't squeeze the soviets like our "friends" the British, for this aid..). Of course it is ancient history now, all the wealth accumulated between 1914-1943 has long been squandered on social programs and policing the world, making it safe for democracy (such as it is... one wonders how much a difference it made, only North Korea is still an obvious menace, China and Vietnam have chosen to win the world by commerce, at least for now, and the mid-east, well there was no real chance at communism or democracy lasting there ever.)

Tobruk? Oh, just a small battle we Aussies (MAJORITY), Brits, Indians, Poles, Free French and a few Kiwis had with Mussolini's army, and handed Il Duce his a$$ on a plate. All part of Operation Compass. I think 25,000 Italians surrendered during Tobruk. It was mainly an Aussie battle though - hence the term Rats of Tobruk.

Happened in January 1941... 11 months before the USA made an appearance in that little war in the 1940's :)
 

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