Operations Vulcan and Strike

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Operations Vulcan and Strike
Part of the Tunisian campaign of the Second World War
British troops advance through Bizerte in the final offensive, 8 May 1943.
Date Vulcan: 22 April – 6 May 1943 Strike: 6–12 May 1943 Location Tunis, Cap Bon, and Bizerte, Tunisia 34°N 09°E / 34°N 9°E / 34; 9 Result Allied victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom  United States	Italy  Germany
Commanders and leaders
Harold Alexander Kenneth Anderson Brian Horrocks Arthur Coningham Omar Bradley	Giovanni Messe  Hans-Jürgen von Arnim  Gustav von Vaerst
Casualties and losses
	240,000 captured

Operation Vulcan (22 April – 6 May 1943) and Operation Strike (6–12 May 1943) were the final ground attacks by the Allied forces against the Italian and German forces in Tunis, Cape Bon, and Bizerte, the last Axis bridgeheads in North Africa, during the Tunisian campaign of the Second World War.^[1]