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The Battle of Hill 609 took place at Djebel Tahent in northwestern Tunisia during the Tunisian campaign of World War II.The battle was for control over the key strategic height Hill 609 and its surrounding area between the American forces of the U.S. II Corps and German units of the Afrika Korps. [1]
In Tunisia, the Battle of Hill 609 ended as the U.S. Army's II Corps drove Germany's Afrika Korps from a strategic position. [5] An author would note that the battle, the first clear cut victory of U.S. forces in the North African Campaign, was "the American Army's coming-of-age." [5]
The Battle of El Guettar took place during the Tunisia Campaign of World War II, fought between elements of the Army Group Africa under General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, along with Italian First Army under General Giovanni Messe, and U.S. II Corps under Lieutenant General George Patton in south-central Tunisia.
The Battle of Hill 609 began between American and German forces in Tunisia. Because of German labor needs occasioned by World War II, Heinrich Himmler directed concentration camps to avoid murdering those persons who were able to work, and to make it a priority to execute "the mentally ill who could not work". [63]
In February 1941, No. 609 Squadron moved back east, to Biggin Hill, from where it began offensive operations to France with its new Spitfire Mk IIa fighters. [4] Bisdee, who had been mentioned in despatches on 17 March, [ 6 ] shared in the destruction of a Bf 109 near Dunkirk on 21 May.
The revised final phase of the assault on Tunis was codenamed Strike and launched six days later. For the battle IX Corps was reinforced with veteran units of the British Eighth Army – 7th Armoured Division (commanded by George Erskine), 4th Indian Division (Francis Tuker) and the 201st Guards Brigade.
Battle of Hill 609, Tunisia (1943), U.S. Army Center of Military History, Washington, D.C. [25] Boy Picking Flowers, Tunisia (1943), U.S. Army Center of Military History, Washington, D.C. [26] The Subway Sleepers (1944). Depicts Londoners camped out on a subway platform to escape German V-2 bombs. Portrait of Charles Laughton as Captain Kidd ...
At 10:15 on 2 May Companies E and G, 2/3 Marines assaulted Hill 881N from the south and east. Company G encountered a PAVN position and pulled back to allow for artillery support. Company E almost reached the summit of the hill when it was hit by an intense rainstorm and the Battalion was pulled back into night defensive positions. [1]: 43