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Wadi Akarit in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Wadi Akarit in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records2 event labels2 people1942–1943

Historical events in Wadi Akarit

1942

6 April 1942
Battle of Wadi Akarit
Oliver Leese · World War, 2nd

Leads the Eighth Armys to victory at Wadi Akarit

1943

6 April 1943
Battle of Wadi Akarit
Bernard Law Montgomery · World War, 2nd

Defeats Rommel in the Wadu Akarit in Tunisia

6 April 1943
Wadi Akarit Position Broken
Bernard Law Montgomery · World War, 2nd

Eighth Army breaks the Wadi Akarit position and continues north toward the remaining Axis bridgehead.

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