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The final British offensive began on 5 May with the 5th Corps gaining the hills which dominated the Tunis plain and the 9th Corps advancing on the morning of 6 May. By the afternoon their infantry had gained their objective, and the British 6th and 7th Armoured Divisions, swept forward and entered Tunis on 7 May. On the same day the American 2nd Corps and Free French Corps d'Afrique took Bizerta.  
 
The final British offensive began on 5 May with the 5th Corps gaining the hills which dominated the Tunis plain and the 9th Corps advancing on the morning of 6 May. By the afternoon their infantry had gained their objective, and the British 6th and 7th Armoured Divisions, swept forward and entered Tunis on 7 May. On the same day the American 2nd Corps and Free French Corps d'Afrique took Bizerta.  
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By 9 May the German force in the northern pocket had been completely mopped up, while the divisions of the 1st Army then turned to assist in the encirclement of the 1st Italian Army, which they achieved between 11-13 May.
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By 9 May the German force in the northern pocket had been completely mopped up, while the divisions of the 1st Army then turned to assist in the encirclement of the 1st Italian Army, which they achieved between 11-13 May. The British 50th ''Black Cat'' Division and 1st Free French Division took several of the Italian-held peaks in the reqion of Takrouna during the period 6 May 6 to13  May, 1943, but with severe losses.
    
==Casualties==
 
==Casualties==
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