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Initially, the Axis forces under Field Marshal Erwin Rommel succeeded in defeating the Allies quickly in the Tunisian Campaign, driving Allied forces back 50 miles through the Kasserine Pass and capturing 4,000 Allied soldiers<ref>"They had captured 4,026 prisoners, 61 tanks and half-tracks, 161 motorized vehicles, 36 guns, 45 tons of ammunition, and huge amounts of fuel, lubricants and other equipment." Blitzkrieg No Longer, Samuel Mitcham, Pen and Sword, 2010</ref>in the attack lead by the Italian ''Littorio'' Armoured Division.

Initially, the Axis forces under Field Marshal Erwin Rommel succeeded in defeating the Allies quickly in the Tunisian Campaign, driving Allied forces back 50 miles through the Kasserine Pass and capturing 4,000 Allied soldiers<ref>"They had captured 4,026 prisoners, 61 tanks and half-tracks, 161 motorized vehicles, 36 guns, 45 tons of ammunition, and huge amounts of fuel, lubricants and other equipment." Blitzkrieg No Longer, Samuel Mitcham, Pen and Sword, 2010</ref>in the attack lead by the Italian ''Littorio'' Armoured Division.

With the 9th and 12th Air Forces in the battle, the Allies drove the Germans and Italians back into a pocket around Bizerte and Tunis, where the 5th ''Panzer Armee Afrika'' surrendered on 9 May.

With the 9th and 12th Air Forces in the battle, the Allies drove the Germans and Italians back into a pocket around Bizerte and Tunis, where the 5th ''Panzer Armee'' surrendered on 9 May.

On May 13th, over 250,000 prisoners were in Allied custody, thus bringing and end to the Tunisian Campaign. Thus Tunisia became available for launching [[Operation Husky]], an Allied invasion on Sicily as a preliminary to an assault on mainland Italy.  

 

On 13 May, over 250,000 Axis prisoners were in Allied custody, thus bringing and end to the Tunisian Campaign. Thus Tunisia became available for launching [[Operation Husky]], an Allied invasion on Sicily as a preliminary to an assault on mainland Italy.  

==Kasseerine Pass==

==Kasseerine Pass==