Word: djebel
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...week, while Rommel had his head and shoulders in the Mareth Line, he had tried to kick the U.S. forces away from his rear. There in the mountains with the strange names (Djebel Berda, Djebel Chemsi, Djebel en Nedjilet) American troops had fought savagely and well to keep unrelenting pressure on the enemy. The fighting on Djebel el Kreroua was typical...
...infantry force on Djebel* Ksaira was not so lucky. The German column from Maknassy hooked around them like a giant finger, plucked them off. As day ended and night closed down, U.S. tanks threw themselves against Panzer units that outnumbered them 2-to-1. Tank fought tank, firing at the livid gun flashes. On the second day U.S. armor counterattacked...
...forces had to abandon Gafsa, Fériana and Sbeïtla, swinging their whole line north and westward to escape annihilation. General George S. Patton's soa-in-law, Lieut. Colonel Johnny Waters, led one armored force to Djebel Lessoude, rescued isolated infantrymen from destruction. By midweek thousands of Allied vehicles were rolling west over sand hills and cactus patches-trucks, tanks, jeeps, two-wheeled carts, the jackass baggage trains of tired French Zouaves and Senegalese...
...three to four divisions at present in the Syrian campaign, plus an unknown number of native troops, perhaps 400 planes. Part of his forces are De Gaullist Free French under General Georges Catroux, who opened hostilities by proclaiming independence for Syria and Lebanon and then sent his men into Djebel Druse, home of the rough & tough Druses, who hate the Vichy French and are expected to join the Allies...