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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jlblonde, post: 1530214, member: 32000&quot;]<b>Tunisia WWII</b></p><p><br /></p><p>In 1869, Tunisia declared itself bankrupt and an international financial commission took control over its economy. In 1881, using the pretext of a Tunisian incursion into Algeria<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria" rel="nofollow"></a>, the French invaded with an army of about 36,000 and forced the Bey to agree to the terms of the 1881 Treaty of Bardo<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Bardo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Bardo" rel="nofollow"></a> (Al Qasr as Sa&#039;id). With this treaty, Tunisia was officially made a French protectorate<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_occupation_of_Tunisia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_occupation_of_Tunisia" rel="nofollow"></a>, over the objections of Italy<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" rel="nofollow"></a>. Under French colonization, European settlements in the country were actively encouraged; the number of French<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_people" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_people" rel="nofollow"></a> colonists grew.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1942–1943, Tunisia was the scene of the third major operations by the Allied Forces<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" rel="nofollow"></a> (the British Empire and the United States) against the Axis Powers<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_powers" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_powers" rel="nofollow"></a> (Italy and Germany) during World War II<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" rel="nofollow"></a>. The main body of the British army, advancing from their victory in the Battle of el-Alamein<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein" rel="nofollow"></a> under the command of British Field Marshal Montgomery<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery,_1st_Viscount_Montgomery_of_Alamein" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery,_1st_Viscount_Montgomery_of_Alamein" rel="nofollow"></a>, pushed into Tunisia from the south. The U.S. and other allies, following their invasions of Algeria and Morocco in Operation Torch<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Torch" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Torch" rel="nofollow"></a>, invaded from the west.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]201636.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tunisia - 10 Centimes - 1941 - KM #267</p><p>[ATTACH]201632.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]201633.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Tunisia - 10 Centimes - 1942 A - KM #268</p><p>[ATTACH]201634.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]201635.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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