David Mitchelhill-Green began his career working abroad as a medical scientist in London. A love of history and photography led to globetrotting investigations for the UK magazine After the Battle. Several years living in Japan sparked an interest in the country’s feudal history and the co-authoring of Castles of the Samurai and Samurai Castles. Returning home to Australia, David resumed studies in military history. His books include Tobruk: Fiercely Stand or Fighting Fall, Air War Over North Africa, Fighting in Ukraine and Hitler’s War in Africa. David won first prize for literature in the 2021 RAAF Heritage Awards. Living in Melbourne, he enjoys escaping into the Victorian High Country to write.
Tobruk was one of the greatest Allied victories – and one of the worst Allied defeats – of the Second World War. The 1942 fiasco rocked the very foundation of Winston Churchill's premiership. It revived the flagging hopes of the German people and fanned the flames of Arab unrest....
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