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The Preparation. Nazi dive-bombers, which claimed a heavy toll of shipping in the bight of Bougie, harried the advance of British and U.S. troops. U.S. motorized units raced along the coast and joined the amphibious forces of the British First Army when it landed on the beach at Bone...
From the border at least one column followed the Medjerda valley toward the harbor of Bizerte, where the enemy was first met. Another may have headed straight east to Tunis; another may have branched off to Gafsa and started the long trek through mid-Tunisia toward the Libyan border.
The Prize. A land of deserts, mountains and rich coastal valleys, Tunisia (pop. 2,608,313) has been a world trouble spot since antiquity. Here fabled Dido was consumed in flames. Offshore Ulysses' sailors were lured by the lotus-eaters. From Carthage, whose ruins lie near the present city...
The Possibilities. It was too early this week to gauge the quick-flowing battle scene. Dourly General Anderson announced: "This is no picnic." Hitler has a big job if he is to shuttle enough troops to Tunis and Bizerte to fight more than a delaying action. The Allies also have...
LONDON--British advance forces in Tunisia have inflicted heavy damage on a German armored column, Allied headquarters announced today and the zero hour was believed near for a mass Anglo-American assault on Axis positions around Tunis and Bizerte.