In March 1943 the Eighth Army's pursuit of the Afrika Korps had halted at the combined obstacles of Wadi Akarit and the refurbished Mareth Line.Monty met this situation by having 30 Corps maintain ...
I have been in the Mareth and Wadi Akarit battles as an artillery Lt. in an Italian Battery of old (1906 model) 75/27 guns. On the Mareth line, my guns were placed on high mountains and I was in an ...