March 16th, 1943

Mareth Line

The Mareth Line was a system of fortifications built by the French between the towns of Medenine and Gabes in southern Tunisia, prior to World War II, a natural defensive position comparable to El Alamein; a front 35km long extended from the coast to the mountains inland. After the Allied success at El Alamein, the German and Italian forces had conducted a fighting retreat across northern Libya and into Tunisia. The axis troops withdrew to the Mareth Line and awaited the attack.

Germany	Great Britain
Ground Forces
Camionetta 42 'Sahariana' Opel Blitz S 3.6 SdKfz 251/10 Ausf. C "Hanomag" SdKfz 251/1 Ausf. C "Hanomag" SdKfz 222 PzKpfw III Ausf. N PzKpfw III Ausf. L PzKpfw VI Ausf. E "Tiger" (early) SdKfz 139 "Marder III"	Chevy 30cwt LRDG Bedford OY Universal Carrier Crusader Mk III Sherman II (early) Churchill Mk III AEC Mk I Gun Carrier (Deacon) AEC Bofors 40mm Portee
Aircraft
Fieseler Fi 156 "Storch" Messerschmitt BF 109F-4 Junkers Ju 87D-1 "Stuka"	Piper L4 "Grasshopper" Curtiss P-40E "Kittyhawk" Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX
Stationary Weapons
Maschinengewehr 81z 2 cm Flakvierling 38 8.8 cm Flak 18 2 cm Flak 38 7.5 cm PaK 40 5 cm PaK 38 8.1cm Granatwerfer 34 Nebelwerfer 41	40mm Bofors Ordnance QF 6-pdr AT Gun Mk II Ordnance QF 25-pdr Mk I