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The Rats of Tobruk (1944) was a Action - War Film directed by Charles Chauvel and produced by Charles Chauvel.

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Three of the movie stars who appeared in the movie were actually on furlough leave from their respective military service units when making the film.
The Australian troops who were stationed at Tobruk in 1941 were from the Australian 9th Division and the 18th Brigade of the Australian 7th Division and were under the command of Lieutenant General Leslie Morshead.
According to the book 'Bill Collins' Book of Movies' by Bill Collins, the film was " . . . released late in 1944, and was a timely, authentic tribute paid by an Australian patriot to the durability and heroism of the AIF Australian Imperial Force in the Middle East. The director Charles Chauvel and his wife, Elsa Elsa Chauvel based their screenplay on material supplied by General Morshead and men who endured the siege. The film was made with the co-operation of the Departments of Information and the Army."
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