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 Days Comuniques [sic] on Fighting in Various Zones 9-10
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03/26/2013 4:21:27 AM PDT by
Homer_J_Simpson
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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.
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03/26/2013 4:23:05 AM PDT by
Homer_J_Simpson
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