Tobruk 1941

The war in the deserts of North Africa was a bit different from other battles in WWII. More gentlemanlike and certainly more honorable. Maybe this is why its subject has stayed so popular? Also the characters of Rommel and Montgommery, colorfull generals duelling it out in the hot sands of Lybia, add to the myth.

A siutable song for an Allied victory could not be found (at least, no music. I found three songs: "desert blues", "party at El Alamein" and "Rats of Tobruk" that would be appropriate, but haven't found a MP3 or WAV file yet). So I took the British National Anthem as the Allied Victory music.

For the Germans it was not so difficult. There was a most suitable song "Heia Safari", a un-German like humoristic piece of music. Originally composed during WWI to celebrate the daring campaign fought by German troops in East Africa, it was adapted to the battles fought in the Western Desert. 

	Part of it goes:	Das deutsche Korps in Afrika, heia heia Safari!
   				Und wenn auch noch so wild
				der brit'sche Löwe brüllt,
				Es nützt ihm nichts sein großes Maul,
				Wir jagen ihn zu Tod.

				The German Korps in Africa, heia, heia safari,
				how wild the British lion roars,
				his big mouth does him no good,
				we hunt him till he's dead....

Finally, the song for a draw. Here I have taken an Italian song, "In Africa si va", a very Italian, sunny piece of music. Although the Italians fought well, hampered by bad equipment and bad leadership they suffered many defeats. This seemed to me an appropriate song, I could see them singing it in victory, in a draw, but also marching towards their POW camp!

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Installation

Extract the three files in your C:\program files\HPS Simulations\tobruk '41\media map,
they will replace the original files there.

If you want to keep those original files, please rename them first.

Bas Kreuger