Australia's classrooms likely teaching 'absolutely nothing' about 'the Rats of Tobruk'
Sky News host Alan Jones says the legend of the Rats of Tobruk began 80 years ago, yesterday, but suspects "the classrooms of Australia" would likely be teaching "absolutely nothing" about this. "Yesterday, 80 years ago, the Rats of Tobruk were born; soldiers of the Australian-led garrison that held the Libyan Port of Tobruk in World War II," he said. Between April and August 1941, 35,000 allies, including 14,000 Australian soldiers were besieged in Tobruk by a German/Italian Army commanded by General Rommel. The soldiers adopted Tobruk's network of below-...