The Battle of Wadi Akarit (Operation Scipio) was an Allied attack from 6 to 7 April 1943, to dislodge Axis forces from positions along the Wadi Akarit in...
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Battle of Wadi (1916), a battle between the Allies and Turks during World War I Battle of Wadi Akarit (1943), a World War II battle between the British and...
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involved in a battle against the Japanese in Malaysia. The battle was lost, and all armies were transferred to Singapore. The Battle of Wadi Akarit took place...
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Frederick Kisch (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
1943 when he stepped on a landmine during the Battle of Wadi Akarit. He had been organising reconstruction of a bridge, essential to the Allied advance....
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again overran the Axis lines at the Battle of Wadi Akarit, and a full retreat started. On the morning of 7 April, Benson Force moved through the positions...
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Tunisian campaign (redirect from Battle of Tunisia)
the Mareth Line, 32 lost in the Battle of Wadi Akarit, 12 lost in Operation Vulcan and several more lost in minor battles. Mitcham lists the following tank...
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Derek Anthony Seagrim (category British World War II recipients of the Victoria Cross)
hospital near Sfax on 6 April 1943 after being severely wounded at the Battle of Wadi Akarit. He is buried in Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia, Plot XIV Row C Grave...
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perish in the Libyan desert 6 April: Right wing of First Army links with Eighth Army. Battle of Wadi Akarit takes place. 22 April: Allied forces launch Operation...
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Eric Anderson (VC) (category British World War II recipients of the Victoria Cross)
April 1943 on the Wadi Akarit, Tunisia, when a company of the East Yorkshire Regiment had to withdraw temporarily behind the crest of a hill, Private Anderson...
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– 3 April 1943 Battle of El Guettar 5–27 April 1943 Operation Flax 6–7 April 1943 Battle of Wadi Akarit 27 April – 1 May 1943 Battle of Hill 609 6–12 May...
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Battle of Medenine, the Battle of the Mareth Line, and the Battle of Wadi Akarit, before retreating to the Enfidaville Line. There the division surrendered...
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Crusader tank (category Tanks of Argentina)
were the Battle of the Mareth Line and the Battle of Wadi Akarit. The North Africa campaign finished shortly afterwards. After the completion of the North...
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Supercharge II March 26: Battle of Tebaga Gap April 6: Battle of Wadi Akarit April 22 – May 6: Operation Vulcan April 22–23: Second Battle of Longstop Hill May...
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19th Flak Division (category German occupation of Greece during World War II)
Battle of the Mareth Line.: 60 Later, the division accompanied the northwards retreat of Axis forces through Tunisia, including at the Wadi Akarit position...
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March, forced the 1st Army to retreat to Wadi Akarit, another 40 mi (64 km) back in Tunisia. The retreat of Panzer Army Africa (known as the Deutsch-Italienische...
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51st (Highland) Division (category Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War I)
Subsequently, the division was involved in many battles of the Tunisian Campaign, including the battle of Wadi Akarit, in early April 1943, and took part in the...
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Commanders of World War II were for the most part career officers. They were forced to adapt to new technologies and forged the direction of modern warfare...
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Miller; in Detroit The Battle of Wadi Akarit began in Tunisia. The German submarine U-632 was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by a B-24 of No. 86 Squadron RAF...
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Staffordshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps (category Regiments of the British Army in World War II)
tired 8th Armoured Bde went back into action on 6 April at the Battle of Wadi Akarit. The infantry attack on the hills was successful but the Staffs Yeomanry...
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This is a list of known wars, conflicts, battles/sieges, missions and operations involving ancient Greek city states and kingdoms, Magna Graecia, other...
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Nino Sozzani (category Recipients of the Silver Medal of Military Valor)
Medenine, of the Mareth Line, of Wadi Akarit and of Enfidaville until 12 April 1943, when he was repatriated following to the death in combat of his only...
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10th Bersaglieri Regiment (category Bersaglieri Regiments of Italy)
Line and the Axis forces were forced to retreat. On 6 April the Battle of Wadi Akarit commenced and once more Axis forces were forced to retreat. By 24...
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Giuseppe Falugi (category Recipients of the Silver Medal of Military Valor)
rest of Panzer Army Africa. Falugi commanded the Division throughout the Tunisian campaign, participating in the battles of the Mareth Line, of Wadi Akarit...
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Peter Scott (cricketer, born 1912) (category Cricketers from the City of Westminster)
captain. In April 1943, now an acting major, Scott took part in the Battle of Wadi Akarit, where his actions commanding tanks across a minefield saw him decorated...
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Paolo Berardi (category Recipients of the Silver Medal of Military Valor)
commanded the XXI Corps. For his part in the battles of the Mareth Line and Wadi Akarit he was awarded a Silver Medal of Military Valour. He was wounded and captured...
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3rd Artillery Regiment "Pistoia" (category Artillery Regiments of Italy)
participated in the Tunisian campaign, fighting in the Battle of the Mareth Line, the Battle of Wadi Akarit and then at Enfidaville. The division and its regiments...
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16th Infantry Division "Pistoia" (redirect from 16th Territorial Division of Bologna)
to retreated northwards to El Hamma. The Pistoia fought in the Battle of Wadi Akarit and once again the Axis forces had to retreat northwards. By the...
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Crosses awarded. The Battle of the Mediterranean was fought throughout the war and included the Battle of Taranto and Battle of Matapan, as well as protecting...
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8th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom) (category Armoured brigades of the British Army)
danger of being encircled, withdrew some 60 miles (97 km) north-westwards to defensive positions around Wadi Akarit. At the Battle of Wadi Akarit, which...
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136th Armored Division "Giovani Fascisti" (category Infantry divisions of Italy in World War II)
defensive position at Wadi Akarit. On 6–7 April 1943 the British Eighth Army broke through the Axis line in the Battle of Wadi Akarit and the Italian 1st...
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