Battle of Mareth Line

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World War II battle battle

The Battle of the Mareth Line was a major World War II engagement in March 1943 in Tunisia, where Allied forces broke through a formidable Axis defensive line as part of the North African campaign.

Aliases (2)

Battle of the Mareth Line ×50
Mareth Line battle ×2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle → battle →
alsoKnownAs	Mareth Line battle →
belligerentSide	Allied forces → Axis forces →
campaignGoal	expulsion of Axis forces from North Africa →
commandedBy	Bernard Montgomery → Erwin Rommel → Giovanni Messe NERFINISHED →
conflictIn	World War II →
countryAtTime	French Tunisia →
date	March 1943 →
endDate	1943-03-31 →
followedBy	Battle of El Guettar → Battle of Wadi Akarit →
front	Western Desert front →
hasParticipant	Allies → Axis powers → British Eighth Army → Free French forces → German-Italian Panzer Army → Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED → Nazi Germany → United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
involvesUnit	1st Armoured Division (United Kingdom) → 1st Free French Division → 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division → 51st (Highland) Division → British Eighth Army → German 15th Panzer Division → German 21st Panzer Division → Italian infantry divisions → New Zealand Division →
locatedIn	Mareth Line → Tunisia →
notableTactic	outflanking maneuver via Tebaga Gap →
objective	breakthrough of the Mareth Line →
partOf	North African campaign → Tunisian campaign →
precededBy	Battle of Medenine →
result	Allied victory →
startDate	1943-03-16 →
strategicSignificance	breach of Axis defensive line in southern Tunisia → enabled Allied advance toward Sfax and Sousse →
supportedBy	Desert Air Force → Royal Air Force →
theater	Mediterranean and Middle East theatre →
usedFortification	Mareth Line →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division ("Battle of the Mareth Line") → British XXX Corps →	notableEngagement
Battle of the Mareth Line ("Mareth Line battle") →	alsoKnownAs
Battle of Medenine ("Battle of the Mareth Line") →	followedBy
Tunisian campaign ("Mareth Line battle") →	significantBattle