VICTORY IN TUNISIA
INFORMED observers of the campaign in Tunisia have usually refrained 1 from expressing opinions about its duration. There were too many speculative factors involved. One of them was the precise purpose of the Germans. It was accepted that their strategy was to dela? "as long as nossible" the Allied conquest of the last Axis stronghold in Africa, buAhlphrase was? and is, ambiguous. -Would they fight on with the intention of ultimately attempting to evacuate a substantial part of meS forces, or would they fight without thought of escape? In the latter case they might attempt to make of Tunis or Bizerta, or both of them, a Sevastopol or a Stalingrad. To-day's splendid »ewmdicates that the rapidity of the Allied forces' advance m the last day or two, bv lined troops There afe reports that a "Dunkirk" is being Mediterranean will be under their control.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 108, 8 May 1943, Page 4
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