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Tunisian Campaign (view source)
Revision as of 06:25, September 17, 2016
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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.
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.
==Maknassy Pass==
On 30 January, the ''Centauro'' Armoured Division and German units from from the two German panzer divisions, attacked through Maknassy Pass. The Axis attack came as a complete surprise to the U.S. 2nd Army Corps. The U.S. 1st Armored Division, which had established itself in the saddle of the Faid Pass, was overrun. Gafsa was also abandoned.
==Kasseerine Pass==
==Kasseerine Pass==