SkipCaptcha
32
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 9:
Line 9: − +
→Fall of Tunis and Bizerta
On the same day the U.S. 2nd Corps and Free French ''Corps d'Afrique'' took Bizerta, a fortress designed and equipped to stand a long siege .
On the same day the U.S. 2nd Corps and Free French ''Corps d'Afrique'' took Bizerta, a fortress designed and equipped to stand a long siege .
By May 9, the 5th ''Panzer Armee'' in the northern pocket had surrendered, with 250 German tanks falling into Allied hands.<ref>"More than 1,000 guns and 250 tanks were captured." The Perilous Road to Rome and beyond, Edward Grace, pg.47, Pen and Sword, 17 May 2007</ref> The divisions of the Allied 1st Army then turned to assist in the capture of the Italian 1st Army, which they achieved between May 11–13.
By May 9, the 5th ''Panzer Armee'' in the northern pocket had surrendered, with 250 German tanks falling into Allied hands.<ref>"More than 1,000 guns and 250 tanks were captured." The Perilous Road to Rome and beyond, Edward Grace, pg.47, Pen and Sword, 17 May 2007</ref> The divisions of the Allied 1st Army then turned to assist in the capture of the Italian 1st Army, which they achieved between May 11–13 but only after a hard fight.
==Tunisgrad==
==Tunisgrad==