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German Propaganda

The German troops of the Afrika Korps thought of the Australian soldiers as ‘rats’ because of how they fought in battle ‘like cornered rats’ and because they tunneled to provide shelter from bombardment.

Surviving examples of the propaganda used specifically in Tobruk was hard to get and is probably very rare. These are the only examples I could find

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Philip & Edward

Welcome to our site that commemorates the brave Australian soldiers who held out against a much larger German force for 250 days holding back the advance of Rommel in the Middle East.

Our Grandfather was one of the Australian soldiers who proudly adopted the German name for the diggers - proud to be called a Rat of Tobruk.

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