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WAR FRONTSTUNISIA : The battle in Northern Tunisia appeared
fully joined and the points of
contact between Allied and Axis ground units fairly
well defined.
Ground forces of both sides employed armored units,
artillery and parachutists and front line correspondents
reported the fighting had reached a decisive stage. The
air fighting, which had reached the full battle stage earlier,
continued on that scale.
Apparent aim of the Allies was to cut the Axis communications
in Northern Tunisia between the key ports of
Bizerte and Tunis which the Germans and Italians were
using as the principal points of entry and where they were
reported to have some 30,000 troops. A second Allied
move pointed at cutting Tunisia off in the south from
Tripolitania.
Fighting in the north was in the region of Mateur, 20
miles south of Bizerte, and near Djedeida, which is 12
miles west of Tunis. Capture of Djedeida by Allied units
cut the rail connection between Tunis and Bizerte. One
of numerous unofficial reports placed the Allies in control
of coastal points between Bizerte and Tunis.
That the Allies did not fully control the hills between
Tebourba and Mateur was evident in reports of a strong
Axis counterattack which was beaten off with heavy enemy
losses just north of Tebourba.In Southern Tunisia, meanwhile, a column of French
and American units reportedly knifed its way to the coast
between the Axis-controlled bases at Sfax and Gabes.
This column might have moved westward along the road
and rail connection from Gafsa to the coast but the precise
line of movement was not announced.
Allied bombers repeated their assaults on airdromes
at Tunis and Bizerte, hitting transports and fighters and
causing extensive damage to ground installations. Allied
fighters and light bombers supported our forward ground
units with P-38's reported making a good showing against
enemy tanks. Sfax and Gabes, which the Axis apparently
used as secondary supply bases, were also repeatedly
bombed, as was Tripoli.
Our air bases in Malta, within 200 miles of the Tunisian
coast, took advantage of their positions to hack at enemy
supply by air and ship from Sicily.
Employing tactics similar to those used in the coastal
fighting in Libya, naval units of the British fleet coordinated
with the Allied land advance in Northern Tunisia,
bombarding Axis positions from the sea.
Both sides apparently were making extensive use of
paratroops, the Allies to seize control of key advance airdromes
and the Germans to hinder the forward movement
of our main ground units.
SUBPPLY: The Allied problem of logistics in
SUPLY. contrast to that faced by the Axis was
one key to the seemingly slow development of the
campaign in Tunisia after the lightning blitz that gained
Morocco and Algeria.
Getting Allied men and materiel to the Atlantic and
Mediterranean coasts of North Africa had taken months
of secret shipping and preparation. The fight itself lasted
but three days. The total action, however, covered far
more time. Meanwhile, the difficulties of shipping and
protecting equipment moving more than 3000 miles from
the United States and almost 1500 from Britain to the
front in Tunisia still existed.
The Axis on the other hand was able to supply Bizerte
from Sicily only 160 miles distant and before the present
fighting Tripoli, some 300 miles from Sicily, ever since theA cable parted while this Navy F4F4 was being launched from a catapult and
left the Marine pilot helpless. The plane stayed in the air a few seconds.Target Sighted-Mission Completed
Switchpoint on a five-track railroad line somewhere in
the Western Desert was occupied by an Axis ammunition
train when it became the target of Allied bombers. The
results of the bombing mission speak well for themselves.terranean. Allied forces sank or damaged 66 Axis ships
and submarines while Allied ships sunk and damaged
totalled 22.war began and before. This advantage was not merely of
distance but of loading limitations in the types of ships
suitable, the organization of convoys and the availability
of docking facilities and labor.
Though the Mediterranean had now been greatly reopened
the Axis still held the great benefit of previously
prepared inner lines of supply. Even with this, the enemy
was being forced back in Tunisia and Libya.An estimated 850 Allied ships took part in the occupation
of North Africa a month ago. Of these, 16 Allied
vessels, including five U. S. transports, were lost. A small
British converted aircraft carrier was also included. The
Axis, during this occupation, lost an estimated 30 submarines.
On the basis of announced sinkings, the U. S. and Great
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and as the plane settled the pilot clambered out on the port wing to jump.LIBYA : The British Eighth Army appeared to
be bringing up its main strength to crack
' German positions prepared at El Agheila and artillery
duels were in progress.
Consolidating its two main columns before Agheila, the
Eighth Army had been hampered by heavy rains and the
problems of working from extended supply lines. Distance
from Agheila to Tunisia is 475 miles. Distance already
covered by the British from El Alamein to El Agheila is
600 miles.
Berlin and Vichy radio reported that
TOULONO all 62 units of the French fleet at
Toulon were scuttled by their French crews as the
Germans marched into the port in Southern France. At
the same time French patriots were reported by the same
sources to have completely wrecked the harbor, ammunition
dumps and other facilities, making the port useless.
How much of the Nazi-inspired story was true was open
to speculation. Four submarines and at least two destroyers
were later announced by Allied sources to have
made their escape from Toulon but there was little further
information.
There was the definite possibility that the Axis would
wish to convince Allied naval patrols in the Mediterraneanthe Toulon fleet no longer existed and then spring units
in surprise attacks.RUSSIA : Red Army advances in the two main
drives west of Stalingrad continued
and while they expanded positions gained in the
Don River elbow the Soviets opened a new major offensive
farther north in the Rzhev and Velikie Luki areas of the
central front west of Moscow.
On the basis of Russian announcements Nazi soldiers
killed and captured in the past two-week period mounted
to more than 166,000. Hundreds of tanks have been
knocked out and vast stores of ammunition and supplies
grasped from the Germans.
The Russian advance was reported somewhat slower
than the early fighting as the Soviets consolidated their
advance positions. Meanwhile, the Berlin radio, which had
presaged the offensives before Stalingrad and Rzhev,
began speaking of Russian forces massing in the area of
Voronezh preparatory for an additional drive.NEW GUINEA: Japanese forces isolated in
the narrow 12-mile strip between
Buna and Gona on Northern New Guinea
were putting up stiff resistance to advancing Australian
and U. S. troops.
Repeatedly, Jap destroyers tried to approach with reinforcements
but each time were beaten back by our aircraft.These atten
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