This article is about a theatre during Tunisia Campaign of North African Campaign of World War II. Sidi Bouzid is a town in central Tunisia, chief town of the governorate of the same name. Populated by 39,915 inhabitants in 2004, it is a regional administrative center and an important center of agricultural marketing. Sidi Bouzid [...]
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Orlando Ward
August 27th, 2011 
admin This artcile is about an American general during the Operation Torch and Tunisian Campaign of North African Campaign. Orlando Ward (Macon, 4 November, 1891 – Denver, 4 February, 1972) was a general of the United States, known especially for his unfortunate period of the command of the 1st Armored Division of theUnited States in the [...]
Australian 6th Division
August 27th, 2011 admin This article is about an Australian army during Desert War of North African Campaign. The Australian 6th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Australian army during World War II. The 6th Division was formed in September 1939. The division consisted of the 16th, 17th and 18th Brigades. In 1940, the 18th Brigade was [...]
Charles Keightley
August 26th, 2011 admin This article is about a British officer in the Tunisian Campaign of North African Campaign. General Sir Charles Frederic Keightley (24 June 1901 – 17 June 1974) was an officer in the British Army during World War II. Keightley was born in 1901 and in 1921 was added to the 5th/6th Dragoons. In 1938, he [...]
Sidi Barrani
August 26th, 2011 admin This article is about a battlefield of Desert War of North African Campaign. Sidi Barrani Madīnat Barran (city of Barran) is a village in Egypt near the Mediterranean Sea, about 95 km from the border with Libya and 240 miles from Tobruk. The origin of the name is uncertain, Sidi meaning in Arabic is “sir” [...]
U.S. II Corps
August 25th, 2011 admin U.S. II Corps This article is about an American army in the Operation Torch and Tunisian Campaign of North African Campaign. The II Corps was a corps of U.S. Army and the first organic formation American army to enter in combat during World War II on the European theater and Africa. The U.S. Army II [...]
British IX Corps
August 25th, 2011 admin This article is about a British army in the Operation Torch and Tunisian Campaign of North African Campaign. The 9th Corps was the army corps of the UK troops in the First and Second World Wars. The 9th British Corps was formed twice. The first case occurred in the formation in 1915, in England, in [...]
Fritz Bayerlein
August 25th, 2011 admin This article is about a German Officer in the Desert War of North African Campaign. Fritz Bayerlein (January 14 of 1899 in Wurzburg, in the same venue on January 30 of 1970 ) was a military armored officer of German troops serving in the Wehrmacht and the Third Reich during World War II, during which [...]
1st Free French Division
August 25th, 2011 admin This article is about a Free French army in the Desert War of North African Campaign. The 1st Infantry Division of the Free French was the main military unit of the Free French Forces during World War II, participating in fighting in the North African Campaign, and the Western Europe Front in World War II. [...]
Lloyd Fredendall
August 24th, 2011 admin This article is about an American General during the Operation Torch and Tunisian Campaign of North African Campaign. Fredendall Lloyd, born on 28 December, 1883, died on October 4, 1963, was an American general of World War II. He led the U.S. 2nd Corps in the North African Campaign. He oversaw the landing of the [...]
