Allied Jan I 43:  After a huge air battle in which the Allies had 2 killed and 5 aborted to 1 killed and 2 aborted for the Axis, the Allies attacked hex 25A:3623 at 3:1, -1 odds.  The Allies rolled a ‘4’ for a HX result.  The Axis reduced a Pz, an Italian armor, and an Italian motorized divisions to cadres, and eliminated 4 minor units.  The Allies eliminated a South African division, an armor brigade and a pair of recon units.

Axis Jan I 43:  The Axis desperately clung to the Gabes line with 19 in hex 25A:3523 and 17 in 25A:3622 so that their non-c/m units could admin move thru the mud as far north as Souse.

Allied Jan II 43:  With clear weather in northern Tunisia the Allies attacked hex 25A:3111 at 4:1 even, where they rolled a ‘3’ for a DR result.  In southern Tunisia the Allies attacked hex 25A:3523 at 3:1, -1 odds, and rolled a ‘4’ for a HX result.  The Axis reduced an Italian armor division and an Italian motorized division to cadres, and eliminated a Pz cadre, German motorized regiment, and an AA battalion.  The Allies reduce a division to a cadre and eliminated an motorize AA unit.

Axis Jan II 43:  The Axis retreated from southern Tunisia into the 9-hex-long Axis perimeter around Bizerte and Tunis.  The average defense strength of their front line was 12.6 pts.

Allied Feb I 43:  Against mud conditions the Allies coming from the south lost contact with the Axis, while the Allies in northern Tunisia strengthened their grip on the northern 2/3 of the Axis line.

Axis Feb I 43:  The Axis were able to slightly increase their strength.  The average defense strength of their front line was now 13 pts.

Allied Feb II 43:  With unexpected clear weather the Allies made 3 attacks.  Against hex 25A:3210 at 3:1, +1 odds, the Allies rolled a ‘2’ for HX result.  Against hex 25A:3513 at 4:1 even, the Allies rolled a ‘1’ for a EX result.  Against hex 25A:3712 at 3:1 even, the Allies rolled a ‘2’ for another EX result.

Axis Feb II 43:  The Axis pulled back into a 8-hex-long perimeter just 2 hexes out from Bizerte and Tunis.  The average defense strength of their front line was 14.4 pts.

Allied Mar I 43:  Once again the Allies were blessed with clear weather and made 3 attacks.  The 1st attack was against hex 25A:3611 at 5:1, +3 odds, and rolled a ‘1’ for a DH result.  An Allied c/m stack advanced after combat adjacent to Tunis.  The 2nd attack was against hex 25A;3512 at 7:1, -1 odds, and rolled another ‘1’ for a HX result.  The 3rd attack was against hex 25A:3311 at 4:1,-1 odds, and rolled yet another ‘1’ for an AS result.

Axis Mar I 43:  Except for a couple of ants that could not reach Tunis, the Axis defense line was now only 5 hexes long and had an average defense strength of 21 pts.

Allied Mar II 43:  Despite the mud, the Allies made an attack against hex 25A:3511 at 5:1, -2 odds, and rolled a ‘4’ for a DR result.  With this attack the Allies gained a second hex adjacent to Tunis.  The Allies also attacked hex 25A:3711 at 9:1, -3 odds, and rolled a ‘6’ for a DE result, eliminating 3 minor units and gaining a third hex adjacent to Tunis.

Axis Mar II 43:  The Axis fell back into a straight defense line 4 hexes long that ran in front of Bizerte but ended in downtown Tunis.  The average defense strength was 26.5 pts.