501st Heavy Panzer Battalion
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The 501st Heavy Panzer Battalion was a German heavy Panzer Abteilung equipped with heavy tanks. The battalion was the second unit to receive and use the Tiger I heavy tank, changing to Tiger IIs in mi
Operations in Tunisia, 25 November – 10 December 1942
Erwin Rommel talks to German soldiers using a captured US M3 half-track
Tiger I of the 501st captured in Tunisia, 1943
Operations in Tunisia, 30 January – 1- April 1943
Tunisian campaign
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The Tunisian campaign was a series of battles that took place in Tunisia during the North African campaign of the Second World War, between Axis and Allied forces from 17 November 1942 to 13 May 1943.
German and Italian prisoners of war following the fall of Tunis on 12 May 1943
American troops land on an Algerian beach during Operation Torch.
Tiger tank in a Tunisian village, 1943.