The Battle of El Guettar took place during the Tunisia Campaign of World War II, fought between elements of the Army Group Africa under General Hans-Jürgen...
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El Guettar (Arabic: القطار Al Qaṭār) is a town in central Tunisia in Gafsa Governorate. It is traditionally known for its pistachio nuts. In the 1950s...
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El Guettar may refer to: El Guettar, Algeria, a town in Relizane Province, Algeria El Guettar, Tunisia, a town in Gafsa Governorate, Tunisia Battle of...
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Tunisian campaign (redirect from Battle of El Kourzia)
Battle of El Guettar, 16 lost in Operation Oxhead (Operation Ochsenkopf), at least 51 lost in the Battle of the Mareth Line, 32 lost in the Battle of...
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1st Ranger Battalion (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Army Center of Military History)
he began the final and victorious battle in North Africa. Rangers played a crucial role in the battle of El Guettar which immediately followed, for which...
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George S. Patton (category Grand Cross of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite)
1st Infantry Division took Gafsa participating in the indecisive Battle of El Guettar, and pushing a German and Italian armored force back twice. In the...
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M3 Gun Motor Carriage (category World War II tank destroyers of the United States)
ineffectively in the Battle of Kasserine Pass and several other engagements, but was used with success in the Battle of El Guettar. It also served in the...
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1943 Battle of Medenine: March 1943 Battle of the Mareth Line: March 1943 Battle of El Guettar: March–April 1943 Operation Flax: April 1943 Battle of Longstop...
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131st Armored Division "Centauro" (category Divisions of Italy in World War II)
losses suffered in the Battle of El Guettar. On 1 June 1936 the I Motor-mechanized Brigade was formed in Siena, which consisted of the 5th Bersaglieri Regiment...
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S. II Corps emerge from Kasserine to match the Axis at Battle of El Guettar. Battle of Mareth ends. 26 March: Eighth Army launch Operation Supercharge...
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Louisiana Maneuvers (category History of Louisiana)
engagement quite like that which had originally been envisaged, at the Battle of El Guettar. The tank destroyer command eventually numbered over 100,000 men...
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75th Ranger Regiment (category Airborne units and formations of the United States Army)
the Battle of El Guettar. The 1st Rangers orders were to move overland, on foot 12 miles (19 km) to outflank the enemy's position. In eight hours of fighting...
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Capri March 6: Battle of Medenine March 16–27: Operation Pugilist March 16–23: Battle of Mareth March 23 – April 7: Battle of El Guettar March 26–28: Operation...
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an engagement like that originally envisaged (the 601st, at the Battle of El Guettar). The Tank Destroyer Command eventually numbered over 100,000 men...
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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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II Corps (United States) (category Corps of the United States Army)
and fought for the rest of the Tunisia Campaign, with a stalemate at the Battle of El Guettar. II Corps held the southern flank of the British First Army...
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Max Ferguson Schneider (category United States Army personnel of World War II)
awarded the Silver Star, and the Battle of El Guettar. During the Italian Campaign Schneider served as the executive officer of the 4th Ranger Battalion. Afterwards...
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Giorgio Calvi di Bergolo (category Recipients of the Bronze Medal of Military Valor)
1943, after the division had suffered heavy casualties in the battle of El Guettar and most of its surviving units had been attached to other Italian and...
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September, effectively declaring naval war on Germany and Italy in the Battle of the Atlantic. In the Pacific Theater, there was unofficial early US combat...
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Panzer divisions, which had been opposite the US II Corps during the Battle of El Guettar were also moved towards the British attack.) Three German counter-attacks...
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90th Light Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) (category Infantry divisions of Germany during World War II)
battles of Bir Hakeim as well as the First and Second battles of El Alamein. In Tunisia, the 90th were initially involved in the Battle of El Guettar...
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M10 tank destroyer (category World War II tank destroyers of the United States)
secured. The combat debut of the M10 came on 23 March 1943, during the Battle of El Guettar, in the Tunisian campaign part of the larger North African...
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132nd Tank Regiment (Italy) (category Tank Regiments of Italy)
April 1943 after the Battle of El Guettar. For its conduct and service on 18 November 1941 at Bir el Gubi and on 3 July 1942 at El Alamein the 132nd Tank...
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Tank destroyer battalion (United States) (category Tank destroyer battalions of the United States Army)
Battle of El Guettar—it defended against an attack by the 10th Panzer Division, destroying 30 of its 57 tanks. This engagement had the distinction of...
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The unnamed soldier was sent to El Guettar on March 18, 1943, prior to the Cherbourg Mission to occupy El Guettar as there were the Germans left the...
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(1969) Desert Battle (1969) The Battle of El Alamein (1969) Patton (1970), depiction of the Battle of El Guettar and the campaigns of Patton Raid on...
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at the Mareth line. 23: American tanks defeat the Germans at the Battle of El Guettar in Tunisia. 26: The British break through the Mareth line in southern...
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Infantry Attacks (category Personal accounts of World War I)
intercepted German radio message reveals that Rommel will attack Patton near El Guettar, Tunisia. Before this, the camera focuses on a book on Patton's nightstand...
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Operation Crusader (redirect from Battle of Bir el Chleta)
El Agheila improved, Rommel rebuilt the Axis tank force as the Eighth Army lines of supply lengthened. On 27 December, during a three-day tank battle...
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This is a list of all battles involving the United States during World War II. http://www.usmm.org/casualty.html U.S. Merchant Marine Casualties during...
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