The Battle of Medenine was an Axis spoiling attack at Medenine in Tunisia on 6 March 1943. The operation was intended to delay an attack by the British Eighth Army on the Mareth Line. The British had
Battle of Medenine
General Giovanni Messe
British 17-pounder anti-tank gun in action, 11 March 1943
British soldiers inspect a knocked-out German Panzer IV after the battle.
Medenine is the major town in south-eastern Tunisia, 77 kilometres south of the port of Gabès and the Island of Djerba, on the main route to Libya. It is the capital of Medenine Governorate.