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- Tunis_Field_Battalions abstract "Tunis Field Battalions were German provisional infantry battalions active in 1942-43 in North Africa.Five Tunis Field Battalions were created between 9 November and 15 November 1942 by renaming a like number of Afrika Marsch-Bataillone (Africa Replacement Draft Battalions) that were originally intended to be used to refill the ranks of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's battered Africa Corps. These five battalions, Tunis Field Battalions T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5, were instead airlifted from Sicily beginning on 10 November 1942 to help defend the Bizerte and Tunis Bridgeheads in Vichy France-controlled Tunisia.Not originally conceived as combat units, intended only as replacement pools composed of a variety of specialist as well as combat troops, these Tunis Field Battalions lacked heavy weapons, vehicles, field kitchens and communications equipment. Nevertheless, in the days following the Allied Landings in Northwest Africa (Operation Torch) that began on 8 November 1942, these units, joined by Luftwaffe paratroopers, were all the German High Command had available to seize Tunisian bridgeheads before the Allies got there first. Having won the race the Tunis, the Germans then began protracted defensive warfare in the mountains of western Tunisia, where the Tunis Field Battalions found themselves incorporated into other German divisions that were lacking infantry, including the 10th Panzer Division, the 334th Infantry Division, and the Hermann Göring Division. Two Tunis Field Battalions, T3 and T4, were incorporated into Division von Broich/von Manteuffel; a provisional infantry division formed from a variety of units including Fallschirmjäger, Italian infantry and units scraped together from Rommel's Army. For most of their short service life, these battalions all served in Jürgen von Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army until all were forced to capitulate in Tunisia by 13 May 1943.".
- Tunis_Field_Battalions activeYearsEndYear "1943".
- Tunis_Field_Battalions activeYearsStartYear "1942".
- Tunis_Field_Battalions battle North_African_Campaign.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions battle Tunisia_Campaign.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions battle World_War_II.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions country Nazi_Germany.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions country Wehrmacht.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions disbanded "1943-05-13".
- Tunis_Field_Battalions militaryBranch German_Army_(Wehrmacht).
- Tunis_Field_Battalions militaryUnitSize "*a 5 Companies with 867 men".
- Tunis_Field_Battalions militaryUnitSize "5 Battalions".
- Tunis_Field_Battalions role "Reserve / Infantry".
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageID "21100098".
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageLength "6885".
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageOutDegree "42".
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageRevisionID "647222960".
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink 10th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht).
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink 21st_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht).
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink 334th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht).
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink 5th_Panzer_Army.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink Afrika_Korps.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink Category:German_units_in_Africa.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_German_Army_in_World_War_II.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink von_Manteuffel.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink Erwin_Rommel.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink Fallschirm-Panzer_Division_1_Hermann_Göring.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink Fallschirmjäger.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink German_Army_(Wehrmacht).
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink Grenadier.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink Hans-Jürgen_von_Arnim.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink Hasso_von_Manteuffel.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink Kampfgruppe.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink Luftwaffe.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink Nazi_Germany.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink North_African_Campaign.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink Operation_Torch.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink Panzer_Army_Africa.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink Panzergrenadier.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink Tunisia.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink Tunisia_Campaign.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink Vichy_France.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink Wehrmacht.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLink World_War_II.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageWikiLinkText "Tunis Field Battalions".
- Tunis_Field_Battalions allegiance "Wehrmacht".
- Tunis_Field_Battalions battles "World War II *North African Campaign **Tunisia Campaign ***Establishment of the Tunis Bridgehead ***Defensive Battles West and South of Mateur ***Battles for the Expansion of the Tunisian Bridgehead ***Defense of Tunisia ***Defense of Bizerte".
- Tunis_Field_Battalions branch "Heer".
- Tunis_Field_Battalions country "Germany".
- Tunis_Field_Battalions dates "November 1942 - May 1943".
- Tunis_Field_Battalions disbanded "--05-13".
- Tunis_Field_Battalions role "Reserve / Infantry".
- Tunis_Field_Battalions size "5".
- Tunis_Field_Battalions type "Provisional Battalion".
- Tunis_Field_Battalions unitName "Tunis Field Battalion".
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Flagicon.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_military_unit.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions subject Category:German_units_in_Africa.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions subject Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_German_Army_in_World_War_II.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions hypernym Battalions.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions type Agent.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions type MilitaryUnit.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions type Organisation.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions type Unit.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions type Organization.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions type Agent.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions type SocialPerson.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions type Thing.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions type Q176799.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions type Q43229.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions comment "Tunis Field Battalions were German provisional infantry battalions active in 1942-43 in North Africa.Five Tunis Field Battalions were created between 9 November and 15 November 1942 by renaming a like number of Afrika Marsch-Bataillone (Africa Replacement Draft Battalions) that were originally intended to be used to refill the ranks of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's battered Africa Corps.".
- Tunis_Field_Battalions label "Tunis Field Battalions".
- Tunis_Field_Battalions sameAs Q7853125.
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- Tunis_Field_Battalions sameAs Q7853125.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions wasDerivedFrom Tunis_Field_Battalions?oldid=647222960.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions isPrimaryTopicOf Tunis_Field_Battalions.
- Tunis_Field_Battalions name "Tunis Field Battalion (Tunis Feld-Bataillon)".