Operations Vulcan and Strike

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 Omar Bradley Arthur Coningham	Giovanni Messe Hans-Jürgen von Arnim Gustav von Vaerst
Casualties and losses
	240,000 captured

Operation Vulcan (22 April – 6 May 1943)^[1] and Operation Strike (6–12 May 1943)^[2] were the final ground attacks by the Allied forces against the Italian and German forces in Tunis,^[3] Cape Bon, and Bizerte, the last Axis toeholds in North Africa, during the Tunisian campaign of the Second World War.^[1]