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From such bases, often deep in mud, lashed by biting winds and rain, Allied air forces fought for control of the North African skies against Axis planes based more solidly at Tunis and Bizerte. On one red-letter day last week Flying Fortresses and P-38s destroyed 23 Axis planes...
But "the purposes we are aiming at" were the capture of Tunis and Bizerte. The Axis ring of steel was tough and resilient.
On Nov. 10 Axis forces began pouring into Tunis and Bizerte by sea and air at the rate of 1,000 men a day. On Nov. 11 Anderson's troops ploughed into Bougie. German dive-bombers peppered them, but they rolled steadily over the precipitous spurs of the Atlas...
German resistance grew. Axis reinforcements continued to land in Tunis and Bizerte. Enemy tanks operated along the coast as far south as Sfax. But by Nov. 24 the gamble still looked good, as a British column neared Mateur, as British and French troops took Medjez-el-Bab. Sandwiched in between...
Constant Allied raids on Italian depots disrupted Axis transportation at its source. Constant Allied attacks were slowly demolishing African receiving points. One day last week heavy bombers ranged for eight hours over smoking La Goulette, port of Tunis. Light and heavy bombers pounded Bizerte and railroad lines near Sfax and...