Chronology of World War II
Axis Forces Falling Back in Tunisia
Wednesday, February 24, 1943 www.onwar.com

German armored column in TunisiaIn Tunisia... Rommel is appointed to command Army Group Africa which is to include 5th Panzer Army (von Arnim) and Italian 1st Army (Messe). The Axis forces are withdrawing to the Eastern Dorsale.


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