Bloody Road to Tunis

The battle for Tunisia was the culmination of the struggle for North Africa in World War II. It saw experienced German and Italian troops, in superb defensive positions, pitted against well-equipped Anglo-American units and, from first to last, was a battle of skill and determination. David Rolf now provides, for the first time, a complete history of the campaign and his vivid study charts the fighting from both the Axis and Allied perspective.

List of Maps & Acknowledgements

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List of Illustrations

7

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Foreword

8

(3)

Major-General Julian Thompson

Preface

11

(2)

Part One Armour for Tunis!

13

(58)

Fight Like Hell

15

(8)

Death or Victory

23

(6)

Unreliable Auxiliaries

29

(12)

Fiddling with Details

41

(7)

We'll Just Murder Them

48

(12)

A Nasty Setback

60

(11)

Part Two Disaster at Kasserine

71

(122)

Battering Our Brains Out

73

(10)

Such is the Life of Generals

83

(30)

Promises of More Hard Fighting

113

(14)

I Know Panic When I See It

127

(19)

A Complete Dog's Breakfast

146

(15)

Every Objective Must Be Held

161

(18)

We Stopped the Best They Had

179

(14)

Part Three Masters of the North African Shores

193

(89)

Into the Furnace

195

(16)

Go On at All Costs

211

(18)

Only a Question of Time

229

(24)

Smash through to Tunis

253

(14)

We Shall Fight to the Last

267

(15)

Epilogue

282

(9)

Appendices

291

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Appendix A Order of Battle: Allied Ground Forces

291

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Appendix B Order of Battle: Axis Ground Forces

299

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Appendix C Allied Battle Casualties: November 1942-may 1943

303

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Bibliography

304

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Index

313

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