✦ History

Tunisian campaign

November 17, 1942 – May 13, 1943

Result Allied victory

Final phase of the North African campaign. Allied forces ejected the Axis from North Africa after the surrender of Army Group Africa on 13 May 1943.

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Battles 12

November 10 – December 25, 1942
Run for Tunis Axis victory Walther Nehring
February 14–17, 1943
Battle of Sidi Bou Zid German victory Sidi Bouzid Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, Alphonse Juin
February 19–25, 1943
Battle of Kasserine Pass Tunisia Erwin Rommel, Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, Alphonse Juin
February 26 – March 4, 1943
Operation Ochsenkopf Allied victory Hans-Jürgen von Arnim
March 6, 1943
Battle of Medenine Allied victory Medenine Bernard Montgomery, Erwin Rommel, Giovanni Messe
March 16–31, 1943
Battle of the Mareth Line British victory Mareth Line Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, Bernard Montgomery, Giovanni Messe
March 23, 1943
Battle of El Guettar Indecisive El Guettar George S. Patton, Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, Giovanni Messe
April 6–7, 1943
Battle of Wadi Akarit Allied victory Wādī al ‘Akārīt Bernard Montgomery, Giovanni Messe
April 22–23, 1943
Battle of Longstop Hill British victory Tunisia
April 27, 1943
Operation Flax Allied victory Tunis Arthur Coningham, Jimmy Doolittle
April 27 – May 1, 1943
Battle of Hill 609 American victory Tunisia Omar Bradley, Hans-Jürgen von Arnim
May 8–13, 1943
Operation Retribution Allied victory Strait of Sicily Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope

Key commanders

Allies 14

Dwight D. Eisenhower General, Supreme Allied commander, Mediterranean George S. Patton Lieutenant General, Commander of the US II Corps Bernard Montgomery military commander Harold Alexander General, Commander of the 18th Army Group Alphonse Juin military commander Henri Giraud military commander Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg military commander Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque military commander Brian Horrocks military commander Oliver Leese military commander Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope military commander Arthur Coningham military commander Jimmy Doolittle military commander Omar Bradley military commander

Axis 6

Erwin Rommel military commander Albert Kesselring military commander Hans-Jürgen von Arnim General, Commander of Army Group Africa from 9 March 1943; surrendered 12 May 1943 Giovanni Messe Marshal, Commander of the Italian First Army Vittorio Ambrosio military commander Walther Nehring military commander