Books

• Serle, R.P. 2/24 - A history of the 2/24 Australian Battalion, 1986

1941-1942 The Western Desert

• Devine, J. The Rats of Tobruk, A &R, Sydney, 1943
• Forty, G. The Desert War, Sutton Publlishing, Stroud, 2002
• Glassop, L. We Were the Rats, Currey O'Neill, South Yarra, 1982
• Hall, T. Tobruk 1941 The Desert Siege, Methuen, North Ryde, 1984
• Harrison, F. Tobruk - The Great Siege Reassessed, Brockhampton Press, London, 1999
• Heckstall-Smith, A. Tobruk The Story of a Siege, Anthony Blond, 1959
• Hill, R. Desert Conquest, Jarrod's Publishers, London, 1943
• Johnston, M. That Magnificent 9th, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, 2002
• Latimer, J. Tobruk 1941 Rommel's Opening Move, Osprey Military, 2001
• Long, G. To Benghazi, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1952
• Maughan, B. Tobruk and El Alamein, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1966
• Moorehead, A. Mediterranean Front, George Jaboor, Melbourne, 1941
• Pitt. B. The Crucible of War: Western Desert 1941, Jonathan Cape, London, 1980
• Pitt. B. The Crucible of War: Year of Alamein 1942, Paragon House, New York, 1990
• Wilmot, C. Tobruk, A & R Sydney, 1945

Film - VCR and DVD

Documentaries

• Tobruk - Narrated by Peter Fitzsimons. The DVD is a summary narration of the book and includes a separate section of Movietone and Cinesound newsreels with many aspects of Tobruk - including the opening of the German Memorial in Tobruk! Made by Filmworld which appears to have been acquired by ThoughtEquityMotion (a US company with an office in Sydney) and who now have release rights to Cinesound and Movietone.
• Battle for the Desert by Shock DVD, a division of Shock Entertainment Group (Australian Coy). This contains newsreel of El Alamein and American newsreels of Tunisia, but it also contains an interview with Alan Macfarlane (currently President of the 2/24th Battalion Assoc) and covers from Benghazi through to withdrawal from Tobruk. No contact address on their website.

Movies

• The Fighting Rats of Tobruk DVD with Peter Finch, Grant Taylor, Chips Rafferty, George Wallace and Pauline Garrick. Directed by Charles Chauvel, written by Charles and Elsa Chauvel. B&W, released in December 1944. Time: 68mins. Story of three men (Rafferty, Taylor and Finch) who join up and fight in Tobruk.
• The Desert Fox DVD with James Mason as Rommel with Cedric Hardwicke and Jessica Tandy. Released in 1951 it depicts Rommel's final years based on the biography by Colonel Desmond Young. Has been criticised as glossing over Rommel's early admiration of Hitler. B&W, made in USA. 88 mins. Thought to be one of Mason's best roles.
• The Desert Rats DVD - Released in 1953 with Richard Burton, Robert Newton, James Mason, Chips Rafferty and Charles (Bud) Tingwell. Richard Burton plays a Scottish Army officer who is put in charge of a group of troops on the perimeter of Tobruk.