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The landing of American troops in North Africa (Operation Torch), triggered the landing of German troops with paratroopers in Tunisia. They were the spearhead for the formation of the "bridgehead Tunis" and were continuously reinforced and expanded. After the war, one of the troop leaders who took part in the Tunisian campaign, the division commander of the 334th Infantry Division, Lieutenant General Weber, wrote detailed descriptions with battle sketches of the most important operations as well as a detailed summary of the fighting in the final phase in the main theatre of operations, which are published here for the first time.
Extensive accounts are also given of the incompetent German-Italian top leadership, which denied Rommel decisive operations that might have led to the failure of Operation Torch. The Allied landing in Sicily in July 1943 would thus have been invalidated, and there would have been no second and third front in Europe for the foreseeable future. In this respect, the Tunisian campaign was decisive for the course of the Second World War in Europe. Hitler, however, did not recognise the strategic importance of the Mediterranean and North African theatre of war; he relegated this region to a secondary theatre of war. The Mediterranean and North African theatre of war was decisive for the course of World War II in Europe. Field Marshal Rommel's successes in Libya in 1942 and his advance into Egypt to just before Alexandria triggered the Allied Operation Torch, the American landing in North Africa. Without this success of Rommel, US President Roosevelt would have pushed through the second front demanded by the Soviet leader through an Allied landing in northern France in autumn 1942 vis-à-vis British Prime Minister Churchill. It would undoubtedly have met with insurmountable German resistance, since Hitler expected such a landing there and the US did not yet have sufficient combat formations.
Extensive accounts are also given of the incompetent German-Italian top leadership, which denied Rommel decisive operations that might have led to the failure of Operation Torch. The Allied landing in Sicily in July 1943 would thus have been invalidated, and there would have been no second and third front in Europe for the foreseeable future. In this respect, the Tunisian campaign was decisive for the course of the Second World War in Europe. Hitler, however, did not recognise the strategic importance of the Mediterranean and North African theatre of war; he relegated this region to a secondary theatre of war. The Mediterranean and North African theatre of war was decisive for the course of World War II in Europe. Field Marshal Rommel's successes in Libya in 1942 and his advance into Egypt to just before Alexandria triggered the Allied Operation Torch, the American landing in North Africa. Without this success of Rommel, US President Roosevelt would have pushed through the second front demanded by the Soviet leader through an Allied landing in northern France in autumn 1942 vis-à-vis British Prime Minister Churchill. It would undoubtedly have met with insurmountable German resistance, since Hitler expected such a landing there and the US did not yet have sufficient combat formations.
- Group
- Books (first-hand)
- Author
- Handrich, Dieter
- Title
- Brückenkopf Tunis. Kriegsschauplatz Mittelmeerraum und Nordafrika. Tunesienfeldzug 1942/1943
- Details
- Numerous photos and maps, large format. 133 pp.
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