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Tunisian Campaign (view source)
Revision as of 22:42, September 17, 2016
, 22:42, September 17, 2016→Wadi Akarit
==Wadi Akarit==
==Wadi Akarit==
On 6 April, the 1st/2nd Gurkhas and 1st/9th Gurkhas cleared a way through the slopes of the Fatnassa Heights, closely followed by the 1st Battalion, the ''Royal Sussex'' Regiment.
On 6 April, the Italian ''San Marcos'' Marine Regiment, well dug in at Wadi Akarit and plentifully supplied with automatic weapons and grenades, is practically destroyed in hand-to-hand combat with the 6th ''Green Howards'', the British suffering 126 killed.
That next day, the 1st/2nd Gurkhas, 1st/9th Gurkhas and 1st Battalion, the ''Royal Sussex'' Regiment secure the mountain pass at the foot of Djebel Fatnassa, with the Gurkhas losing fifty killed but defeatimg two Italian divisions and supporting German units in the fighting.
==Enfidaville==
==Enfidaville==