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On January 24 1943, despite coming under heavy anti-aircraft fire, the 10th Bersaglieri Regiment dug-in and around Djebel Rihana defeat the initial attacks from the US 26th Regimental Combat Team and 443rd Anti-Aircraft Battalion.

On January 24 1943, despite coming under heavy anti-aircraft fire, the 10th Bersaglieri Regiment dug-in and around Djebel Rihana defeat the initial attacks from the US 26th Regimental Combat Team and 443rd Anti-Aircraft Battalion.

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.

On January 30,  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 US 2nd Army Corps. The US 1st Armored Division, which had established itself in the saddle of the Faid Pass, was overrun. Gafsa was also abandoned.

On 31 January, the U.S. 34th Division and part of the U.S. 1st Armored Division advanced toward Sened Station. The operation was intended to take them as far as Maknassy, but German and Italian tanks, supported by anti-tanki guns, stopped the Americans on 2 February.

On January 31, the US 34th Division and part of the US 1st Armored Division advanced toward Sened Station. The operation was intended to take them as far as Maknassy, but German and Italian tanks, supported by anti-tanki guns, stopped the Americans on February 2.

On 22 March, The Americans at Gafsa pushed on steadily along the road to Maknassy, while a second American force, supported by a Free French force, advanced through El Guettar to Gabès. More important still, the 2nd New Zealand Division under General Bernard Freyberg, was developing a threat against Rommel's right flank at El Hamma.

On March 22, The Americans at Gafsa pushed on steadily along the road to Maknassy, while a second American force, supported by a Free French force, advanced through El Guettar to Gabès. More important still, the 2nd New Zealand Division under General Bernard Freyberg, was developing a threat against Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's right flank at El Hamma.

At Maknassy and Faid, the Germans and Italians held until the night of 8/9 April, with the northward retreat of Axis units controlled by General Cramer's ''Afrika Korps'' headquarters.

At Maknassy and Faid, the Germans and Italians held until the night of April 8/9, with the northward retreat of Axis units controlled by General Cramer's ''Afrika Korps'' headquarters.

==Kasserine Pass==

==Kasserine Pass==