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Battle of the Mareth Line

The Battle of the Mareth Line or the Battle of Mareth was an attack in the Second World War by the British Eighth Army (General Bernard Montgomery) in Tunisia, against the Mareth Line held by the Italo–German 1st Army (General Giovanni Messe). It was the first big operation by the Eighth Army since the Second Battle of El Alamein 4+1⁄2 months earlier.

Battle of the Mareth Line
Battle of the Mareth Line · No 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Palmer (Sgt), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
16 Mar 1943 – 31 Mar 1943
Where
Mareth Line
Era
Modern

Topics

Tunisia275 BCE – today

Before and after

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