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Tobruk

Where:

🇱🇾 Libya

When:

The 1940s

In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a critical impediment. In order to aid the attack, a group of British commandos and German Jews make their way undercover through 800 miles of desert, to destroy the fuel dumps starving the Germans of fuel.

Released in 1967 — 107 minutes

Genres:

Drama History War

Languages:

English German Arabic Italian