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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]
The V Corps attack began on the evening of 22 April and the US II Corps launched their offensive in the early hours of 23 April in the Battle of Hill 609, in which the hill was captured, which opened the way to Bizerte. In grim hand-to hand fighting against the Hermann Göring Division, 334th Infantry and 15th Panzer Divisions, it took V Corps ...
The Ottoman Empire shortly after the annexation of Tunis in 1574. Ottoman Eyalet of Tunus ... 1943 — May 1, 1943 Battle of Hill 609; May 6, 1943 — May 12, 1943 ...
The battle was the result of a German attempt to launch an attack against the advancing British First Army in order to buy time for an attack on the British Eight Army on the Mareth line. After two days of fighting along the road between El Aroussa and Medjez El-bab, primarily at a position known as "Steamroller Farm", the Germans withdrew.
In the last battle of the campaign the Manteuffel Group was bypassed when the Allies broke through the northern front at Hill 609, and was forced to capitulate it ran out of fuel and ammunition near Bizerte on 9 May 1943.
Battle of Hill 609; K. Battle of Kasserine Pass; L. Battle of Longstop Hill; M. Battle of Medenine; O. Operation Ochsenkopf; ... Battle of Steamroller Farm; W. Battle ...
Battle of Hill 609; K. Battle of Kasserine Pass; M. Mareth Line; ... Run for Tunis; S. Battle of Sidi Bou Zid; Battle of Steamroller Farm; T. Tiger 131; W. Battle of ...
The 2nd Battle of Longstop Hill or the Capture of Longstop Hill took place in Tunisia during the Tunisia Campaign of World War II from 21 to 23 April 1943. The battle was fought for control over the heights of Djebel el Ahmera and Djebel Rhar, together known as Longstop Hill and vicinity, between the British forces of the First Army and German units of the 5th Panzer Army. [2]