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...Moscow radio said that Erwin Rommel was already in Italy to take command of ground forces. Moscow also declared that Axis authorities, preparing for a mass evacuation from Tunisia, had set up hospitals in Naples to care for 90,000 men. Madrid said that the Axis had assembled 350,000 tons of shipping...
...thing which will crack Rommel when he digs in. And it will be more decisive than the bombing of Europe (see p. 31). This is how it worked in & around Tunisia...
...Rommel, who is never blind, sensed the move and shifted a Panzer division to El Hamma. The flankers, men whom Montgomery had used before for shock jobs-the 2nd New Zealanders under Lieut. General Sir Bernard C. Freyberg-drew themselves up for attack. Then, on a Friday afternoon at 4 p.m., came a violent and perfect expression of the use of tactical air force...
...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...
Driving over rocky cliffs southeast of E1 Guettar under heavy fire from hidden German 88-millimeter cannon, the American feet soldiers were advancing due cast toward Field Marshall Erwin Rommel's positions on the Wadi Akarit only 38 miles beyond...