The first Polish troops landed in Tobruk on 29 August 1941. In front of the Polish infantry stood the Italian 17th Division "Pavia", equipment and numbers towering over the defenders. Nevertheless, the Poles harassed her with her continuous excursion, which went through the history of the siege of Tobruk. For a month the Polish shooters did not give the Italians peacefully abducting prisoners, destroying communications and observation posts.
