Run for Tunis

The Run for Tunis
	Part of the Tunisia Campaign of the Second World War
Date	10 November – 25 December 1942; (1 month, 2 weeks and 1 day)
Location	Tunisia34°N 09°E / 34°N 9°E
Result	Axis victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom; United States; Free France;	Germany; Italy;
Commanders and leaders
Kenneth Anderson; Vyvyan Evelegh; Lloyd Fredendall;	Walther Nehring; Vittorio Sogno

The Run for Tunis was part of the Tunisia Campaign which took place during November and December 1942 during the Second World War. Once French opposition to the Allied Operation Torch landings had ceased in mid-November, the Allies made a rapid advance by a division-sized force east from Algeria, to capture Tunis and forestall an Axis build up in Tunisia and narrowly failed.^[1] Some Allied troops were fewer than 20 miles (32 km) short of Tunis by late November but the defenders counter-attacked and pushed them back nearly 20 miles (32 km), to positions which had stabilised by the end of the year.

^ Taylor, Alan. "World War II: The North African Campaign". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2017-05-25.

[1] Taylor, Alan. "World War II: The North African Campaign". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2017-05-25.

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