Axis casualties at Tobruk 1941

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Axis casualties at Tobruk 1941

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Post by Attrition » 22 Mar 2015, 12:34

Does anyone know of Axis casualties at Tobruk 1941 (numbers, type, source and page numbers) other than the British OH please?

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Post by Urmel » 05 Apr 2015, 10:57

I think you need to be a bit more specific which battle you are referring to.
The enemy had superiority in numbers, his tanks were more heavily armoured, they had larger calibre guns with nearly twice the effective range of ours, and their telescopes were superior. 5 RTR 19/11/41

The CRUSADER Project - The Winter Battle 1941/42


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Post by Attrition » 06 Apr 2015, 01:48

All of it.

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Post by sitalkes » 08 Apr 2015, 02:41

Chester Wilmot ("Tobruk 1941")says that Cairo HQ sent a similar request to Tobruk, asking how many Axis casualties had been casused by artillery. "some wag" replied that he only knew of 2 for certain, but guessing on a per ton of ammunition fired basis, maybe 1500 casualties had been caused IIRC.

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Post by Oasis » 09 Apr 2015, 10:00

Attrition wrote:All of it.
If for Tobruk you mean the whole campaign I have from 15 february to 18 november '41 (officers/OR dead/wounded/dispersed):
Italians 51/1079 85/4170 74/3777
Germans 13?/525 26?/1631 10?/671
Lybians 81 103 ----

source "La prima controffensiva", Roma 1974, pp. 258-259.

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Post by Attrition » 10 Apr 2015, 00:16

Thanks very much, most helpful.

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Post by Urmel » 18 Apr 2015, 11:08

Note that this excludes CRUSADER. I have not seen a breakdown by location for the CRUSADER battles.
The enemy had superiority in numbers, his tanks were more heavily armoured, they had larger calibre guns with nearly twice the effective range of ours, and their telescopes were superior. 5 RTR 19/11/41

The CRUSADER Project - The Winter Battle 1941/42

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