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Air Attack at Hunt’s Gap

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The following correspondent’s report from the UP (United Press) describes the fighting at Hunt’s Gap in Tunisia in February-March 1943. Compare this account of the battle to the German commander Oberst. Rudolf Lang’s account and British observer Howard Marshall’s account. … Continue reading →

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Battles of Kampfgruppe Lang in Tunisia – Attack on Beja

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The Historical Division of the U.S. Army in Europe assembled a series of Foreign Military Studies from 1945 to 1954 covering the fighting in Europe during World War II. The volume Battles of Kampfgruppe Lang in Tunisia (10th Panzer Division) … Continue reading →

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Sidi Nsir and Hunt’s Gap

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

This map from The Royal Hampshire Regiment: 1918-1954 shows the battles at Sidi Nsir and Hunt’s Gap in Tunisia in February-March 1943. The German forces overran the British units at Sidi Nsir but were halted at Hunt’s Gap near Ksar … Continue reading →

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An Account of the Battle of Beja

Posted on August 29, 2009 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The following personal account of the Battle of Beja is taken from the book Over to Tunis by Howard Marshall which was published in 1943. Beja is a charming little white town on a hillside some twenty-five miles north-west of … Continue reading →

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