#283 - Tunisia Campaign - The End in Africa - TWiE War on the Southern Front

Tunisia,- Feb, 1943: By early 1943, Rommel was holding off the cautious British on the old Mareth Line where Monty was waiting to build up his supply for the next push. Anderson with a mixed force of British, American, and Free French Troops were pressing from the west. At this time, the Germans tried an audacious plan to strike at the largely green US troops putting the Allies back on their heels. But in the end, the Axis troops were too badly outnumbered and, without control of the sea, they were doomed to wither on the vine. Still, they were able to hold until May 12th, all the while delaying the next phase of the Allies plan to attack Sicily and Italy.