IT MUST have been after the first week in May 1941 that the German High Command began to realize that things were not going too well in Northern Africa. Until then everything had gone beautifully: ...

LONDON -- Britain's famed siege port of Tobruk fell today after an overwhelming, 24-hour assault by Col. Gen. Erwin Rommel's forces, a disaster which might upset the United Nations' whole war strategy ...

TOBRUK, Libya (Reuters) - As tank and artillery fire booms over the Libyan desert once more and soldiers fight over desolate towns, the graves of the dead from World War Two battles are a reminder of ...