Tobruk (1967)

"Tobruk" is a 1967 Drama movie directed by Arthur Hiller and starring by Rock Hudson, George Peppard. In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a critical impediment. In order to aid the attack, a group of British commandos and German Jews make their way undercover through 800 miles of desert, to destroy the fuel dumps starving the Germans of fuel.