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PLAYED BY AMERICAN TROOPS > IN VICTORY IN TUNISIA. STATEMENT BY MR STIMSON (By Telegraph— Press Association— Copyright) WASHINGTON, April, 15. In his weekly war review today the Secretary of War, Mr Stimson, said that the American troops had played • an important part in the major victory in Tunisia. He explained that the Americans did not drive through to the coast to intercept Rommel’s forces, because they were under strict orders not to advance beyond a certain designated line in the hills. In the master plan the major task was assigned to the Eighth Army, while the Americans in central Tunisia, the French forces in the Ousseltia Valley and the British First Army in the north, were allotted holding operations. • General Patton’s thrust forced Rommel to divert so much armour to protect his flank that the breaking of the Mareth Line by the Eighth Army was greatly facilitated.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAITA19430417.2.23.2

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 April 1943, Page 3

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149

IMPORTANT PART Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 April 1943, Page 3

IMPORTANT PART Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 April 1943, Page 3

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