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To: r9etb; PzLdr; dfwgator; Paisan; From many - one.; rockinqsranch; 2banana; henkster; meandog; ...
Rommel Hangs On (Middleton) – 2
British Shell Mareth Forts to Pulverize Rock Defenses (Sedgwick) – 3
Americans Beating Nazis All Round (Kluckhohn) – 3-4
Patton Under Fire on Front Line Visit – 4
Stimson Warns Us of ‘Price’ in Tunisia – 4
Soviet Gains Grow (Parker) – 5
War News Summarized – 5
Allied Bombing Said to Cut German Plane Output 30% (Brigham) – 6
U-Boat Toll Bars Feeding of Europe (Callender) – 6
Rabaul is Smashed in 2-Hour Bombing – 7
Soviet Renews Fisheries Accord with Japan in Far Eastern Waters – 7
One Governor Aim of French Guiana – 8
The Texts of the Day’s Comuniques [sic] on Fighting in Various Zones – 9-10
3 posted on 03/26/2013 4:21:27 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/mar1943/f25mar43.htm

Axis forces pull out of Mareth Line
Thursday, March 25, 1943 www.onwar.com

A column of the British 1st Armored Division [photo at link].

In Tunisia... The British 1st Armored Division nearly reaches the Tebaga Gap by nightfall. The threat from here, combined with the concentration of Americans at Maknassy, causes General von Arnim to withdraw the German and Italian infantry from the Mareth Line.


4 posted on 03/26/2013 4:23:05 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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