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Events 1st January 1943 HyperWar: CHRONOLOGY 1941-1945 NW AFRICA--Gen Eisenhower places Gen Fredendall in command of U.S. II Corps, which is planning for Operation SATIN, capture of Sfax, Tunisia, to prevent junction of Axis armies. TF SATIN is to consist of 1st Armd Div and RCT 26 of 1st Inf Div. AFHQ takes responsibility for communications lines from Bône to Constantine, relieving Br First Army. 31st March 1943 ANOTHER HEADACHE FOR THE HUN NA1700 : Object description - Original wartime caption: Knocked out German material on the Gabes-Sfax road. 1st April 1943 BATTLE OF TUNISIA - EL HAMMA AND GAFSA AREA NA1800 : Original wartime caption: German prisoners chatting at the roadside in front of German and Italian graves. 6th April 1943 THE CAMPAIGN IN NORTH AFRICA 1940-1943 NA1830 : Object description - The Axis retreat and the Tunisian campaign 1942 - 1943: Long focus picture from an advance observation post taken immediately after the Eighth Army had broken through the Gabes Gap. Tanks and vehicles are seen moving through the Gap. THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA, SICILY, ITALY, THE BALKANS AND AUSTRIA 1942-1946 NA1850 : Original wartime caption: A Patrol of the 7/10 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders capture some Italians who were hiding in an olive grove which had been used as an M.T. workshop. (6 miles West of Gabes). 7th April 1943 BATTLE OF THE GABES GAP NA1810 : Original wartime caption: Tanks of the Queen's Bays moving through the Gabes Gap. THE GREAT NORTH AFRICAN MEETING AMERICAN UNITS LINK UP WITH THE EIGHTH ARMY NA1820 : Original wartime caption: The first two men to meet and shake hands, L/Sgt. Brown of the Warrens, Holdsworthy, Devon, and Sgt. A. Randall of State Centre Island, New York. 9th April 1943 HyperWar: CHRONOLOGY 1941-1945 9 April 1943 : TUNISIA--18 Army Group: In 9 Corps area, while infantry of 46th and U.S. 34th Divs continue efforts to clear heights dominating Fondouk Pass, 6th Armd Div is committed at 1500 to speed the operation and succeeds in forcing the pass, but at heavy cost in tanks. Meanwhile, 128th Brig of 46th Div clears Djebel Rhorab, U.S. 34th Div is unable to clear Djebel el Haouareb during day but gains its crest in night attack by 1st Bn, 133d Inf. 1st Armd Div, U.S. II Corps, moves northward to positions N of Sidi Bou Zid, leaving RCT 60 to hold Maknassy sector. Br Eighth Army continues pursuit of enemy northward along Gabès Gulf, 30 Corps, in coastal sector, reaching positions a few miles short of Sfax. In Br First Army's 5 Corps area, 78th Div takes Chaouach, mountain village 4 miles NW of Medjez el Bab. FIRST ARMY : JOINT ATTACK ON PICHON NA1900 : Original wartime caption: British troops filling cans with water from Pichon's only water supply in the centre of the village. 10th April 1943 HyperWar: CHRONOLOGY 1941-1945 Has : TUNISIA--18 Army Group: Gen Alexander's draft plan of 8 April for final offensive in Tunisia, Operation VULCAN, is officially approved. Br First Army is to make main attack on Tunis. Br Eighth Army is to exert pressure to S and cut off Cap Bon from Tunis. U.S. II Corps, from positions on N flank of Br First Army, is to drive on Bizerte in conjunction with Br First Army's assault on Tunis. Fr 19th Corps is to operate on extreme S flank of Br First Army under First Army command. SE Algerian Command, pinched out after junction of U.S. II Corps with Br Eighth Army, is dissolved; its components are to operate under Fr 19th Corps. 9 Corps is to be under command of Br First Army. 9 Corps' 6th Armd Div drives quickly toward Kairouan, overcoming resistance S of that town. U.S. II Corps' CCA, 1st Armd Div, advancing N through Rebaou Pass, makes contact with 34th Div E of Fondouk. Br Eighth Army's 30 Corps takes Sfax and continues N to La Hencha. In Br First Army area, Fr 19th Corps now controls Djeloula Pass, between Ousseltia and Kairouan. 5 Corps continues to clear heights dominating Bédja-Medjez el Bab road. Page 5572 | Supplement 37786, 12 November 1946 | Lo... Has... SFAX : EIGHTH ARMY TROOPS RECEIVE TREMENDOUS WELCOME NA1910 : Original wartime caption: Through the thronged streets pipes of a Scottish lead the 8th Army troops. SFAX : EIGHTH ARMY TROOPS RECEIVE TREMENDOUS WELCOME NA1911 SFAX : EIGHTH ARMY TROOPS RECEIVE TREMENDOUS WELCOME NA1912 THE BRITISH ARMY IN TUNISIA 1943 NA1913 : Object description - Valentine tanks pass cheering crowds as they enter the town of Sfax, 10 April 1943. SFAX : EIGHTH ARMY TROOPS RECEIVE TREMENDOUS WELCOME NA1914 SFAX : EIGHTH ARMY TROOPS RECEIVE TREMENDOUS WELCOME NA1915 : Object description - Original wartime caption: With the French Tricolour flying, a crowd of civilians go for a ride around the town on one of our tanks. SFAX : EIGHTH ARMY TROOPS RECEIVE TREMENDOUS WELCOME NA1916 SFAX : EIGHTH ARMY TROOPS RECEIVE TREMENDOUS WELCOME NA1917 EIGHTH ARMY TROOPS RECEIVE TREMENDOUS WELCOME IN SFAX NA1918 : Object description - The welcome afforded to the Eighth Army advanced elements as they entered Sfax early in the morning of the 10th April 1943 was overwhelming. Flags of all the Allied nations were produced and the civilian population was hysterical with joy. This image shows Jocks of the Highland Division painting their divisional sign on one of the walls of a house. THE CAMPAIGN IN NORTH AFRICA 1940-1943 NA1923 : Object description - The Axis retreat and the Tunisian campaign 1942 - 1943: Road bridge over the Wadi Akarit detroyed by the retreating Axis forces. 11th April 1943 GENERAL MONTGOMERY VISITS SFAX AFTER ITS CAPTURE BY THE 8TH ARMY NA2082 THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA, SICILY, ITALY, THE BALKANS AND AUSTRIA 1942-1946 NA2083 : Original wartime caption: Shortly after being received in Sfax, General Montgomery held a conference with his Corps Commanders. General Horrocks on left and General Leese on right, beside his car. It is in such informal surroundings as these that the General often conceives his plans for battle. GENERAL MONTGOMERY RECEIVED IN SFAX NA2084 GENERAL MONTGOMERY RECEIVED IN SFAX NA2085 : Object description - Original wartime caption: General view of the scene at the reception, the General is seen among the people receiving local dignitaries. GENERAL MONTGOMERY RECEIVED IN SFAX NA2086 : Original wartime caption: General Montgomery speaking to General Omurtag of the Turkish Military Mission and a British officer in Sfax. THE BRITISH ARMY IN TUNISIA 1943 NA2090 : Object description - A Universal carrier passes an Arab and his camel, near Sfax, 11 April 1943. 13th April 1943 9th Lancers: Regimental-Histories_1936-1945 Bright_0193.jpg - The Royal Lancers Museum at Derby 19th April 1943 PICTURES FROM THE SFAX AREA E23802 : General Montgomery and Major General Erskine, with some of the flowers presented by the people of Sfax. June 1943 SRY War Diary : 14 June 1943 : Bde movement order came in about 0300hrs; Regtl movement order was out before Reveille. We had to leave a field officer in charge of last tptr party; this could only be Maj Christopherson. Maj Christopherson had to go to a court of enquiry on the accidental shooting of two men of 3RTR by an American bomber; this lasted all morning. Capt Walters went to hospital for an operation on his ear. Capt Douglas and Lt Holman (returned today from being LO at Bde) when[sic, 'went'?] on leave at Reveille. Two parties of tanks loaded today, ie tanks to be taken to Sfax and handed over to 1FTDS for 46RTR (eight diesel and one petrol Sherman, including the two with Lt Minns attached to 4 Para Bde near Konrovan for trg in sabotage methods), and the first tptr flight. The Bde started to move at 1400hrs, order Bde HQ; Staffs; 911 RASC; Notts; 3RTR etc. We had 104 vehs and Maj Biddle had worked out an excellent programme for movement of units by [...illegible...], which made it very simple. The Regt leaguered the night at La Hencka, South of El Djem. SRY War Diary 15 June 1943 : This was the same leaguer as we made on the way North, but the road South of La Hencka was new to us as far as Medenine. At El Djem is the Roman theatre which will hold 60,000 spectators and is in very good repair. Sfax, a straggling town surrounding the walled city; the docks were strictly out of bounds. Malares is a fishing village with a mud flat by the sea and many boats on it. After this desert to the oases round Gabes. Gabes is a large village only, and many fishing boats after tunny. The Mareth Line centres in the wadi Zigzau immediately South of Mareth. The wadi still has water in it and its banks are high and steep. All along the banks are posns; after this for miles, minefields. In Medenine is a Berber Ksaz or fortress. We leaguered in the desert some miles West of Ben Gardane. It was hot and we wondered how we could ever have lived all that time in the desert. We had done some 200 miles that day.
