Скачать или смотреть "Send Them Home" : The British Colonel Who Begged "Filthy" Australians To Save Him

In April 1941, a high-ranking British officer looked at the ragged, undisciplined soldiers of the Australian 9th Division and delivered a scathing verdict: "They are hopeless. Send them home." Just 48 hours later, those same "hopeless" men were the only thing standing between his regiment and total annihilation by Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps.

This is the true, untold story of the Siege of Tobruk — a battle where "undisciplined" Australian soldiers defied the British High Command, broke the rules of modern warfare, and earned the respect of their greatest enemy. While British generals panicked, the "Rats of Tobruk" held the line for 242 days, using jam-tin grenades, stolen tanks, and sheer grit to stop the German war machine for the first time in WWII.

Discover why Rommel feared these "drunken clowns" more than the entire British Army, and how a single insult from a British Colonel became the most embarrassing mistake of the North African Campaign.

📚 Historical Sources & Further Reading:
The Siege of Tobruk (Wikipedia): Detailed timeline of the 242-day siege.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_o...

"The Rats of Tobruk" (Australian War Memorial): How the insult became a badge of honor.
https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/encyc...

Sir Leslie Morshead (Australian Dictionary of Biography): The schoolteacher who outsmarted Rommel.
https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mors...

Rommel's Papers on Australian Troops: Captured German documents praising the "elite" enemy.
https://www.australianculture.org/rom...

The 9th Division at El Alamein: The 5,800 casualties that broke the German line.
https://www.awm.gov.au/wartime/101/el...

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Disclaimer: This video is a historical documentary based on verified archival records, war diaries, and soldier memoirs. It portrays the cultural clashes and military realities of 1941 for educational purposes. All quotes are sourced from historical texts.