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Tobruk 1967 in order to slow rommels advance on the suez canal, a group of allied soldiers cross the libyan desert to destroy enemy fuel reserves and stop tanks dead in their tracks. Tobruk is a 1967 american technicolor drama war film directed by arthur hiller and starring. George peppard stars as captain bergman, a germanjew working in the special interrogation group who disguised themselves as german soldiers while in. Action packed war epic about a group of british commandos who find themselves trapped behind enemy lines after the german afrika korps smash through. Released in 1967 and directed arthur hiller, tobruk. The british approve a plan to destroy german fuel bunkers at tobruk in an attempt to cripple.
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