The 2nd Battle of Longstop Hill or the Capture of Longstop Hill took place in Tunisia during the Tunisia Campaign of World War II from 21 to 23 April 1943...
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Tunisian campaign (redirect from Battle of Tunisia)
(6 mi) and capture most of the Axis defensive positions. The fighting was mutually costly but in the Battle of Longstop Hill, Longstop was captured, which...
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appeared in a feature film since They Were Not Divided (1950). Battle of Longstop Hill ""Our Tiger: The Tiger Tank Restoration Project Journal", p.2"...
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March–April 1943 Operation Flax: April 1943 Battle of Longstop Hill (1943): April 1943 Battle of Hill 609: April–May 1943 Operation Vulcan: May 1943 Operation...
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Faid Pass December 16–17: Battle of Maknassy December 22–23: First Battle of Longstop Hill December 22–25: Second Battle of Tebourba Eighth Army Offensive...
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with Churchill tanks. During preliminary engagements before the Battle of Longstop Hill in Tunisia, 1943 it disabled a German Tiger I tank; it was sent...
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John Anderson (VC) (category Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge)
the Battle of Longstop Hill. The citation reads: For conspicuous gallantry and outstanding devotion to duty during the attack on "Longstop" Hill, Tunisia...
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Churchill tank (category Heavy tanks of the United Kingdom)
April 1943, during the start of the Battle of Longstop Hill, a Churchill tank of the 48th Royal Tank Regiment got the better of a German Tiger I heavy tank...
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at the end of the month failed to stop the Allied advance. The Battle of Longstop Hill cleared the road to Tunis, which fell on 7 May. All Axis forces...
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The Battle of Kasserine Pass took place from 18-24 February 1943 at Kasserine Pass, a 2-mile-wide (3.2 km) gap in the Grand Dorsal chain of the Atlas...
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the opening of the Battle of Longstop Hill. The Battles of Bobdubi and Mubo began between Australian and Japanese forces in the Territory of New Guinea...
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part of the 78th Battleaxe Division during the Tunisian Campaign won fame during the assault of Djebel Ahmera hill on the attack on Longstop Hill, in which...
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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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Stuart Brown (artist) (category Date of birth unknown)
Regiment on the German position at Laterza Bridge in 1943, the battle of Longstop Hill, and several based in Afghanistan; the Light Electronic Warfare...
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Division's preparatory attacks in early April for the subsequent Battle of Longstop Hill. 56th Heavy Regiment served in 2nd AGRA during the Italian campaign...
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The Battle of Port Lyautey began on 8 November 1942 for the city of Port Lyautey, today known as Kenitra, in French Morocco. The battle ended with its...
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Mateur and the port of Bizerta. The Battle of Sedjenane was fought during World War II between the Allies and Axis for control of a town in northern Tunisia...
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Operation Crusader (redirect from Battle of Point 204)
drove it back to Gazala where both sides regrouped. The Battle of Gazala began at the end of May 1942. Nachrichten Fernaufklärungs Kompanie (FAK 621 [Signals...
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The Battle of Sidi Bou Zid (Unternehmen Frühlingswind/Operation Spring Breeze) took place during the Tunisia Campaign from 14–17 February 1943, in World...
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Western Desert campaign (redirect from Battle of Marsa Matruh)
Axis forces drove the Allies back again, then captured Tobruk after the Battle of Gazala but failed to destroy their opponents. The Axis invaded Egypt and...
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The battle for "Longstop Hill" begins; a key position outside Tunis, the Germans eventually take it and hold it until April. The remainder of the United...
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Run for Tunis (category Battles of World War II involving Italy)
retirement of about 6 mi (9.7 km) to the high ground of Longstop Hill (djebel el Ahmera) 900 ft (270 m) high and Bou Aoukaz on either side of the river...
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The Battle of the Mareth Line or the Battle of Mareth was an attack in the Second World War by the British Eighth Army (led by General Bernard Montgomery)...
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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...
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The Naval Battle of Casablanca was a series of naval engagements fought between American ships covering the invasion of North Africa and Vichy French...
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1st Glamorganshire Artillery Volunteers (category Artillery Volunteer Corps of the British Army)
final hill, Tanngoucha. On 23 April it attacked Longstop and Tanngoucha again (the Second Battle of Longstop Hill), despite an army-wide shortage of 25-pounder...
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where the 78th Division, as part of the British First Army, distinguished itself during the crucial capture of Longstop Hill. The division then fought in...
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Operation Ochsenkopf (category Land battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom)
Unternehmen Ochsenkopf (Operation Ox Head) also known as the Battle of Sidi Nsir and the Battle of Hunts Gap was an Axis offensive operation in Tunisia from...
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Operation Torch (redirect from Battle of Tafarquay)
naval base after German occupation of the European coast. The Naval Battle of Casablanca resulted from a sortie of French cruisers, destroyers, and submarines...
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Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment (category Regiments of the British Army in World War II)
Tunisian Campaign, notably helping to capture Longstop Hill in April 1943, and later fought in the Allied invasion of Sicily from July to August 1943. The 6th...
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