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4 posted on 02/24/2013 6:58:37 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/feb1943/f24feb43.htm

Axis Forces Falling Back in Tunisia
Wednesday, February 24, 1943 www.onwar.com

German armored column in Tunisia [photo at link]

In Tunisia... Rommel is appointed to command Army Group Africa which is to include 5th Panzer Army (von Arnim) and Italian 1st Army (Messe). The Axis forces are withdrawing to the Eastern Dorsale.

6 posted on 02/24/2013 7:01:13 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))