This Day in History June 21: Hannibal’s Ambush & The Fall of Tobruk
Hannibal Barca watched from the mist-shrouded hills above Lake Trasimene as Roman legions marched blindly into his trap. Gaius Flaminius, confident and hurried, led 25,000 men down a narrow path squeezed between the water and the ridges, completely unaware that Carthaginian soldiers hid in the treeline above. A sudden horn blast shattered the morning quiet,…