[Homer_J_Simpson]

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February 26th, 1943 (FRIDAY)

UNITED KINGDOM:
ASW trawler HMS Lancer commissioned.

Minesweeper HMS Mutine commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)

GERMANY: US Flying Fortresses and Liberators bomb the German naval base at Wilhelmshaven.

TUNISIA: Units of the 10th and 21st Panzer Divisions under von Arnim attack British positions at Medjez el Bab. This prevents Rommel from concentrating quickly for an attack on the British 8th Army before the Mareth line.

U.S.A.: Destroyer USS Anthony commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)

ATLANTIC OCEAN: A man from U-760 was killed during an air attack in Wilhelmshaven [Obermaschinist Jakob Ippendorf]. (Dave Shirlaw)

[colorado tanker]

Kasserine was a near run thing. Rommel came dangerously close to getting behind our Tunisian forces.